List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular baseball noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă
- rundown
popular noun noun (generic)
- reward, recompense, return
- punishment, retribution
popular noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- storage room, storeroom, closet
- grayish blue
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to look sour, to look disgusted, to scowl, to frown
popular noun noun (generic)
- gardener
popular noun noun (generic)
- inner palace (reserved for women), harem, seraglio
- consort of the emperor
popular noun noun (generic)
- sea or river bottom
popular gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic)
- sexagenary cycle, 60-term cycle of 12 zodiac animals combined with 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar; currently used in Japan for years, historically also for days
- 12-year Chinese zodiac
popular noun noun (generic)
- sea breeze
popular music noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ăź adjective (generic)
- harmony, concord, consonance