List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic)
- leaf bud
- bud of Japanese pepper tree (Xanthoxylum piperitum)
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic)
- sorrow, grief, anguish, distress
- anxiety, worry, trouble, affliction, fear, misgivings
popular noun noun (generic) archaic たる adjective adjective (generic) adverb taking the と particle
- railing, guard rail, handrail, banister, balustrade, parapet
- (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars)
- (flowing) endlessly (of tears)
popular noun noun (generic)
- provisions
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- sneer, derision, scornful laugh, cold smile
popular noun noun (generic)
- cosmic dual forces, yin and yang, sun and moon, etc.
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to jump up, to spring up
- to jump (market, price, etc.), to rise sharply, to skyrocket
- to act rashly, to jump the gun
popular noun noun (generic)
- pig iron
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する
- great laughter, burst of laughter
達磨だるまdarumapopular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- daruma, tumbling doll, round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted
- Bodhidharma
- prostitute