List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb
- to lie, to pretend, to feign, to falsify
- to deceive, to trick
popular gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic)
- sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife)
- younger stepsister, younger adopted sister, non-blood-related younger sister
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- inhalation
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- poverty, destitution, privation, indigence, penury
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- lodger who pays nothing for room and board, freeloader, sponger
popular noun noun (generic)
- torpedo
popular noun noun (generic)
- bust (sculpture), half-length portrait
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- being amazed, being horrified, being taken aback
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb colloquial
- honorable death, death without surrender, honorable defeat
- trying but being utterly beaten, being completely rejected when professing one's love
popular noun noun (generic)
- raging stream, rapids