List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- manly, boyish
popular noun noun (generic)
- equal rights among men and women
popular noun noun (generic)
- intellectual power, mental capacity, intellect, intelligence, brains
popular noun noun (generic)
- estate, plot of land
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic)
- waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant), hostess
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb
- to keep watch (e.g. on a suspect), to be on the lookout (for), to lie in wait (for), to keep under surveillance, to stake out
- to spend a lot of money (on), to treat oneself (to), to splurge (on), to invest (in)
- to paste, to stick, to affix
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- an unsettled course of action, (orders or laws) being revised often with no guiding principles
popular noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone go (game)
- (a) jump
- splashes (usu. of mud)
- upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo)
- close (e.g. of a theatrical performance), breakup
- hane (move)
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic)
- goosebumps, gooseflesh, goose pimples
- rough skin, coarse skin
popular ateji noun noun (generic)
- work tabi, split-toed heavy cloth shoes with rubber soles