List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic)
- peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
popular search-only kana form search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.), to become excited, to become stirred up, to become worked up
- to be proud, to be haughty, to be pompous, to be self-important
popular honorific language noun noun (generic)
- (your) consideration, attention, trouble, kindness, good offices
- high dividends, high rate of return
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- interlude (in traditional Japanese music)
- chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance)
- interjection
popular noun noun (generic)
- severe cold, intense cold, bitter cold
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) abbreviation
- modern style, contemporary style, current fashion
- verse form from the Heian and Kamakura periods consisting of 4 lines each divided into two parts of 7 and 5 syllables
popular noun noun (generic)
- wedding ceremony
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- reprint, reprinting, second edition
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- artificial product, man-made product, imitation, fake, sham
- fiction, made-up story
- decoration (e.g. for a festival)
- theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
- crop