List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- condition, state (of health), appearance
popular gikun or jukujikun search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cuttlefish, squid
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to stick out too much, to protrude too far, to be too strong (e.g. of tea)
- to be too forward, to be too assertive, to be pushy, to be obtrusive
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) honorific language usually written using kana alone
- mikoshi, portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals
- palanquin, litter
- lower back, waist, hips
popular noun noun (generic)
- returnee (esp. Japanese person repatriated to Japan proper from its former colonies after WWII), repatriate
popular noun noun (generic)
- tumbler, self-righting doll
popular noun noun (generic)
- alarm (fire, burglar, railroad-crossing, etc.), sensor
popular expression
- at every opportunity, whenever possible, whenever the occasion arises, from time to time, occasionally
popular noun noun (generic)
- diviner, fortune teller, soothsayer
popular obsolete kanji noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb Shinto Buddhism
- prayer, grace (at meals)
- exorcism