List: colloquial
Words not used in formal speech, writing or paralinguistics.
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) colloquial
- beggar
- sty (on the eyelid)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) colloquial
- tick (Acari spp.), mite
- hoodlum, tough
colloquial noun noun (generic)
- school nurse
noun noun (generic) colloquial
- den of vice, rogue's den
- brothel, red-light district
- cluttered room
Christianity noun noun (generic) colloquial
- indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church), pardon
- excuse, justification, rationalization
- making amends for a previous misdoing
rarely used kanji form colloquial noun noun (generic)
- being attracted by physical looks only, person who puts much store by good looks
colloquial noun noun (generic) medicine
- appendicitis
- typhlitis, cecitis
colloquial noun noun (generic)
- postman, mailman, mail carrier, letter carrier, postie
noun noun (generic) colloquial
- bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida), calabash
- moonflower (Ipomoea alba)
colloquial godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to live a wicked life, to play the gangster, to commit delinquency
- to say nonsense, to spout rubbish, to talk humbug