List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic)
- bathroom antechamber, dressing room, sink area
- changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- breakfast
popular noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) ใช adjective noun noun (generic) adverb dated term
- direct
- honest, frank, straightforward, candid
- easygoing, lighthearted, friendly
- night duty, night watch
- being on duty (in a factory), shift
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to shave
popular obsolete reading astronomy noun noun (generic)
- Milky Way, luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- store, shop, establishment, restaurant
popular JLPT N1 noun (suffix) noun (generic)
- store, shop, restaurant
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to light (a candle, lamp, etc.), to turn on (a light)
้ ญใใใพatamapopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) abbreviation colloquial mahjong
- head
- hair (on one's head)
- mind, brains, intellect
- leader, chief, boss, captain
- top, tip
- beginning, start
- head, person
- down payment, deposit
- top structural component of a kanji
- pair
gairaigo Portuguese origin popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.), squash