List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular noun noun (generic)
- swan (Cygnus spp.)
- white bird
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- onset of an illness, falling ill
popular noun noun (generic)
- (judicial) precedent
popular prefix noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- anti-
- antithesis
- fanqie, traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
popular sports noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- foul, breaking the rules
- violation (of the law, regulations, etc.), infringement, breach, infraction
popular noun noun (generic)
- beautiful woman
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) linguistics
- sign, mark, marker, beacon
- marker
popular noun noun (generic)
- sick person, patient, invalid
popular noun noun (generic)
- (examination) failure, rejection, disqualification
popular noun noun (generic)
- poor crop, bad harvest, crop failure
- low quality (e.g. of literary works)