List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Oxford
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) abbreviation noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) slang sports noun (suffix) food, cooking
- (switched) off
- off-season
- offset
- off-road
- offline
- offline get-together
- offside
- day off
- off (the price)
- low- (calorie, sugar, etc.), reduced
popular noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone physics
- omega (last letter of the Greek alphabet)
- end, conclusion, ending, finality
- ohm (unit of electrical resistance)
- angular velocity
gairaigo Portuguese origin popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Netherlands, Holland
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) golf noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb
- (switched) on
- being on the green (of one's ball)
gairaigo Dutch origin German origin popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone medicine noun noun (generic)
- catarrh
popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- catalog, catalogue
gairaigo Dutch origin popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Catholic, Catholicism, Catholic Church
popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Canada
gairaigo Spanish origin popular ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria)