List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic) archaic
- bad law
- evil ways, evil way of doing things
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) Buddhism
- telepathy, tacit understanding, thought transference, communion of mind with mind
- non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism
popular archaic noun noun (generic) derogatory
- peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu)
- provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city)
- brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan)
- foreigner, barbarian
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- reverence, awe, respect
popular noun noun (generic)
- hair growth formula, hair growth agent
popular noun noun (generic)
- seashore, beach
- food wrapped in nori
popular noun noun (generic)
- one letter, one book
popular counter
- counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars
popular historical term noun noun (generic)
- eboshi, black-lacquered headgear made of silk, cloth or paper, originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan
popular zoology noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- emergence (of insects), eclosion, growing wings