List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ãã transitive verb intransitive verb
- shake, shock
popular noun noun (generic)
- worthy opponent, worthy rival, good match
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ãŪ adjective (generic)
- short sentence
- short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ãã
- barker, tout, hawker, someone who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events, shops, bars, and such, by exhorting passing public
- calling out to potential customers
popular search-only kanji form Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to raise (a sword, fist, etc.), to lift, to throw up, to fling up, to swing up
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.), to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.), to summon all of, to exert fully, to strain (one's voice)
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic)
- employee, employment
popular noun noun (generic)
- loan-deposit ratio
popular usually written using kana alone expression noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic)
- incoherent, wandering, vague, rambling, whimsical
popular Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- perpetual change caused by karma, vicissitudes of life, that which is made