List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular sumo noun noun (generic)
- water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
popular noun noun (generic)
- act (usu. undesirable), action, deed, conduct
popular irregular kanji usage noun noun (generic)
- forced march
- doing something on a very strict schedule
popular noun noun (generic)
- sacred teachings (esp. of Confucius), Confucianism
- Christianity
- Buddhism
popular baseball noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ
- clean hit
popular yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- diplomatic turn of phrase, diplomatic language, tactful way of expressing something
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb
- weather strip, weather stripping, sealing up (a window)
- putting on eyeliner (in theatre)
popular noun noun (generic)
- high latitudes
popular noun noun (generic)
- role of a villain (film, drama, etc.), bad-guy role, social outcast role
popular noun noun (generic)
- age (expressed in the Western style of counting fully completed years)