List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- advice (to a superior), counsel, proposal, suggestion, recommendation
popular noun noun (generic)
- (sound of) wind blowing through pine trees
- (sound of) steam whistling in a kettle (at a tea ceremony)
- matsukaze, sugar-glazed cookie sprinkled with sesame or poppy seeds
popular noun noun (generic)
- Genji and Heike clans, two opposing sides
popular anatomy noun noun (generic)
- top of the head, crown of the head, vertex, (the) parietal
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- attendance at the House, attending a session of the Diet
- attendance at an academy (of arts, etc.), attendance at an (academic) institute
popular noun noun (generic) shogi archaic
- turret, watchtower
- high wooden stage, scaffolding
- wooden frame (of a kotatsu)
- yagura, fortress
- weapons storehouse
popular noun noun (generic)
- shoulder (of a road), berm
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- folding one's arms
popular search-only kanji form formal or literary term noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- divergence, alienation, deviation, estrangement, separation, detachment
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- rivalry (between two equally strong sides), struggle for supremacy, competing (with), vying (with), contending (with), being an equal match (for)