List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic)
- war of words
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic)
- immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism), mountain man (esp. a hermit)
- person not bound by earthly desires
popular noun noun (generic)
- muddy stream
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kana form martial arts noun noun (generic)
- bamboo sword (for kendo), bamboo fencing stick
- bamboo sword
popular noun noun (generic)
- reservoir
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- Japanese text, sentence in Japanese
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- branches and leaves, foliage
- unimportant details, nonessentials, side issue, digression
popular noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- empty nest
- empty house, empty home
- burglary (of an empty house), burglar (who targets empty houses), sneak thief, prowler
popular irregular okurigana noun noun (generic)
- decoration, arrangement
popular obsolete kanji noun noun (generic)
- light, lamplight