popular  search-only kanji form  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial  abbreviation 

• iron plate, steel plate
• sure thing, certain winner
• no-fail joke, joke that gets people every time

popular  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial  abbreviation 

• heavenly god, heavenly gods
• spirit of Sugawara no Michizane
• Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit)
• pit of a dried plum, dried plum
• tenjin hairstyle
• prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
• tuning peg (on a biwa or shamisen)

popular  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb 

• catastrophe, cataclysm
• collapse (of a relationship), breakup, split (friends, lovers, etc.)

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  colloquial  usually written using kana alone 

• gravel, ballast, pebbles
• child, rugrat, ankle-biter

popular  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial  pronoun 

• fellow, guy, chap
• thing, object
• he, she, him, her

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb  colloquial 

• deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.), degradation, worsening
• (visible) aging, becoming unattractive (due to aging)

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  colloquial  interjection 

• lie, fib, falsehood, untruth
• mistake, error
• unwise move, bad decision
• no way!, unbelievable!, really?!

popular  irregular okurigana  JLPT N1  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb  colloquial  computing 

• to lay waste, to devastate, to damage
• to invade, to break into
• to troll (e.g. web forums), to spam

popular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic)  sumo  colloquial 

• gun
• wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice
• puffer fish

popular  obsolete reading  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial 

• mother
• wife