List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- scale (of fish, snake, etc.)
- serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) abbreviation rare term
- lapis lazuli
- lapis lazuli (color)
- beryl
- mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail)
- glass
popular noun noun (generic)
- full view, total picture, whole story, full particulars, all the details
popular gikun or jukujikun search-only kanji form Shinto noun noun (generic)
- miko, shrine maiden, young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines
- medium, sorceress, shamaness
popular ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- lack of sleep, insufficient sleep
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- (explanatory) diagram, illustration
popular irregular okurigana noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) ใช adjective noun noun (generic)
- shortish, rather short, somewhat short
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to spin, to make yarn
- to spin (a tale), to assemble (e.g. words), to put together
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- ink painting
popular noun noun (generic)
- main object, principal object, true aim