List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be proud, to be haughty, to be arrogant, to be conceited, to brag, to show off
popular noun noun (generic) finance
- Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, SWIFT
- SWIFT code
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- riding together, fellow passenger
- joint partnership
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to bite at, to snap at, to nibble
- to get one's teeth into (metaphorically), to get to grips with, to really get into
popular ateji rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone interjection adverb noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) archaic
- by no means, never!, well, I never!, you don't say!, no way!
- certainly (not), surely (not), hardly (expected)
- something unexpected, emergency
- indeed, really, truly, unexpectedly
- (the) present, (the) here and now, situation at hand
popular noun noun (generic)
- main performer, star performer, headliner
- rakugo storyteller of the highest rank
popular noun noun (generic)
- puppet operator, puppet manipulator, puppeteer
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- rubbish, trash, garbage, refuse, litter
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) martial arts slang derogatory noun (suffix)
- sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce)
- hanging, something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.)
- (kendo) loin guard
- kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character
- woman
- -ass, -head
popular noun noun (generic)
- water jug