List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular search-only kanji form Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to close (at a certain point), to cut short, to stop early, to finish (at a convenient spot)
- to round up (number)
- to revalue (currency)
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- manufacture, preparation, execution (an order)
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to rebound, to recoil, to spring back up, to bounce back
- to splash
- to have a repercussion, to have a reciprocal effect
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to corner, to drive to the wall, to run down, to track down, to chase after
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- tending a store
- salesperson, sales clerk, shop assistant
popular Buddhism noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- transmigration, reincarnation, metempsychosis
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- (giving) instruction (esp. in the secrets of an art, discipline, etc.), initiation, teaching, passing on, imparting
popular abbreviation noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)
- electrician
- electrical engineering
- electric works (following company name)
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to take refuge in, to succeed in running away
popular search-only kanji form Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to place persons opposite, to come face to face with
- to compare (with), to check (against), to match, to tally