List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Sydney (Australia)
popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) food, cooking
- Siberia
- cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- champagne
popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Syria
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone onomatopoeic or mimetic word noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă verb (generic) noun (generic) intransitive verb adverb noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic)
- to be surprised, to be amazed, to be frightened, to be astonished, to get startled, to jump
- surprise (e.g. surprise party)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone expression adverb
- still more, to say nothing of, not to mention
- still less
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă transitive verb
- entertaining with food and drink, treating to dinner, wining and dining
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- corn (Zea mays), maize
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to run up (a hill, stairs etc.), to dash up, to rush up
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone ă adjective adjective (generic)
- shameful, disgraceful, unsightly, indecent, unseemly, unbecoming, improper