List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic)
- fortune, luck
popular rarely used kanji form ใใ adjective adjective (generic) adverb taking the ใจ particle
- grave, solemn, stern, authoritative, hard (e.g. fact)
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to wake (someone) up (by calling for them), to awaken
- to call (to mind), to bring back (memories), to evoke, to arouse (e.g. interest)
popular colloquial ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- underhanded, unfair
- makeshift, stopgap
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- as likely as not, fifty-fifty, even match, tie
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- wrong diagnosis, misdiagnosis
popular noun noun (generic)
- operator (e.g. telephone)
popular yojijukugo ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- fair, just and upright, open and honest, aboveboard, honourable
popular noun noun (generic)
- thick board, plank
- steel plate (with a thickness of at least 3 mm)
- heavy brocade cloth
- Elaphoglossum yoshinagae (species of fern)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to hum (a tune), to sing to oneself, to croon