List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- disguising oneself as a man, dressing as a man (for a woman), male clothing
popular noun noun (generic) archaic
- stilts (for walking)
- hobby horse
popular abbreviation noun noun (generic)
- Chinese Communist Party, Chinese Communists
- Communist China
popular noun noun (generic) adverb anatomy
- about the middle (of an era)
- middle lobe (right lung), median lobe (prostate)
popular noun noun (generic)
- loyalty and filial piety
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sake cup
- small deep porcelain bowl for serving food
popular irregular okurigana noun noun (generic)
- morning glow, sunrise colors, sunrise colours
popular noun noun (generic)
- parting gift, remembrance, aftereffect
popular irregular kanji usage law noun noun (generic)
- insanity, lack of mental capacity, (state of) non compos mentis
popular historical term noun noun (generic)
- Western learning (introduced to Japan in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods)