List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic)
- (small crunchy) dried sardines
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
popular noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- law observance, obeying the law
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone conjunction particle
- by the way, incidentally, well, now
- even if, no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
popular noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- double-edged (e.g. sword blade), double-beveled (e.g. kitchen knife)
- double-edged blade
popular noun noun (generic)
- beta
popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Belgium
popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Peru
gairaigo Dutch origin popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- paint
gairaigo Portuguese origin popular ateji rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- button (clothing)
- push-button, button