List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular rarely used kanji form expression noun noun (generic)
- whereabouts, what part
- how much, what point
popular usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb obsolete term
- to play dumb, to feign ignorance, to play innocent, to have a blank facial expression
- to play the fool
- to be in one's dotage
popular ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- introverted, withdrawn
popular noun noun (generic)
- crying face, face of a person who is crying
popular usually written using kana alone adverb
- somehow, for some reason, without knowing why
popular noun noun (generic)
- running away, escaping on foot
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to oversleep
popular noun noun (generic)
- sleeping posture
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- indisposition (e.g. a cold) caused by getting chilled while sleeping
popular irregular reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- grandmother
- old woman, female senior citizen