List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic)
- buoy
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- being a poor loser, unwillingness to admit defeat, sour grapes
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.), to come dancing in
- to drop in unexpectedly, to happen unexpectedly
popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus), Japanese sweet coltsfoot
popular noun noun (generic)
- side dish, supplementary food
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă transitive verb
- selling separately
popular noun noun (generic)
- awamori, strong Okinawan liquor distilled from rice or millet
popular noun noun (generic)
- wounded soldier
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă transitive verb colloquial
- raising and lowering
- loading and unloading (cargo)
- praising and criticizing
popular noun noun (generic)
- upper end, top, tip, top edge