List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) colloquial
- pachinko, mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball
- slingshot, catapult
- pistol
popular JLPT N1 abbreviation noun noun (generic)
- patrol car, police car, squad car, cruiser
popular familiar language noun noun (generic) colloquial
- dad, daddy, papa
- sugar daddy
gairaigo Portuguese origin popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- bread, (sweet) pastry
- staff of life, one's bread
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- puncture, flat tyre (tire), blowout
- bursting, overflowing, being jammed (e.g. phone lines), reaching breaking point, collapse, breakdown, going bankrupt
popular noun noun (generic)
- panda
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- underpants, pants, briefs, panties, shorts, knickers
- trousers (esp. women's), jodhpurs, breeches, pants, trunks (e.g. swimming)
popular noun noun (generic)
- panties, knickers
popular noun noun (generic)
- pamphlet, brochure, leaflet
popular baseball noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb boxing computing
- hit, base hit, safe hit, single
- hit, success
- hit, blow
- hit (i.e. a successful match in a search)