popular usually written using kana alone colloquial noun noun (generic)
- gun, pistol
- ohajiki, traditional children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped pieces of coloured glass or plastic
- repellence
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb colloquial
- to erase, to rub out, to rub off, to cross out, to delete
- to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.), to switch off
- to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.), to put out
- to remove (a smell, pain, etc.), to eliminate, to get rid of, to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.), to neutralize (poison)
- to drown out (a sound), to deaden, to absorb, to muffle
- to kill, to murder, to bump off, to rub out
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb colloquial
- evaporation
- disappearance (of a person), vanishing without a trace
popular noun noun (generic) colloquial
- marine plant, seagrass
- seaweed
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb colloquial
- to be boiled down
- to come to a standstill, to reach an impasse
- to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
popular abbreviation noun noun (generic) colloquial
- social integration (esp. of burakumin), assimilation
- burakumin
popular JLPT N2 ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) colloquial
- cool, calm, composed, unconcerned, nonchalant, unmoved, indifferent
- all right, fine, OK, okay
popular noun noun (generic) colloquial sensitive noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- fallen scraps, scatterings
- leftovers, remainder, pickings, odds and ends
- student who cannot keep up in school, dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
popular noun noun (generic) colloquial
- (written) appeal, circular, manifesto
- encouragement, encouraging words, letter of encouragement
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb colloquial
- side job (outside of one's main employment), side gig, side hustle
- homeworking, simple job carried out at home, home industry
- (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending