List: noun (generic)

popular  noun  noun (generic) 

• ascending air current, updraft
• upward trend, rise in popularity, influence, etc.

popular  noun  noun (generic) 

• holy priest, saint

popular  noun  noun (generic) 

• plait, braid

popular  Shinto  noun  noun (generic) 

• kamidana, household shrine, home shrine

popular  noun  noun (generic) 

• village, human habitation, human settlement

popular  noun  noun (generic)  usually written using kana alone 

• athlete's foot
• water boatman (esp. species Hesperocorixa distanti)
• Asellus hilgendorfi (species of aquatic sowbug)

popular  noun  noun (generic) 

• small talk, chat, gossip

popular  noun  noun (generic)  archaic 

• south wind, southerly wind
• summer

popular  historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• American Civil War (1861-1865)

popular  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

• two or three