List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- minute, detailed, careful, scrupulous, thorough
popular noun noun (generic)
- pharmacist, chemist
popular noun noun (generic)
- translator
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する abbreviation baseball
- raid, military attack by a mobile unit, hit-and-run attack, search-and-kill mission, search-and-destroy mission, military action without a predetermined target, attacking the enemy or assisting allies as the opportunity arises
- shortstop, short
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kana form obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) adverb
- last night, yesterday evening
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- bringing up, rearing, upbringing
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- random firing, reckless firing
- excessive issue
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)
- indigo (dye)
- indigo (colour)
popular noun noun (generic) adverb
- land route, overland route
- by land, overland
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- diversion (e.g. of funds), appropriation, misappropriation
- making use of (for another purpose), reuse, repurpose, utilization