List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular obsolete reading JLPT N4 noun noun (generic)
- grandfather
- old man
- kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
popular gikun or jukujikun obsolete reading JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) archaic Kyoto-ben
- amateur, layman, ordinary person, novice
- respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha)
- unlicensed prostitute
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb
- formation of a cabinet
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- cleaning, sweeping, dusting, scrubbing
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government), premier
popular noun noun (generic)
- earth, ground, the solid earth, the (vast) land
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- oppression, suppression, pressure
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- abandoning (hope, plans), giving up
popular JLPT N2 ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) colloquial adverb
- plain, simple, subdued, sober
- reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.), modest, quiet, unobtrusive
- quite, a (little) bit
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic)
- kimono, Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length)
- clothing, clothes