► 動詞
流行る [(2)はやる] meaning: popular rank: 1
☆ 今流行っている曲 ⇨ Currently popular songs
流行 [りゅうこう] [流行する] meaning: popular rank: 1
☆ 一時期若い女性の間でブーツが流行した ⇨ At one time boots were in vogue for young women
賑わす [(3)にぎわす] meaning: popular rank: 2
☆ 彼は昔多くの浮名を流して世間を賑わせた ⇨ He used to be the talk of the town with numerous romances
普及 [ふきゅう] [普及する] [liter] meaning: popular rank: 2
☆ 携帯電話は一気に普及した ⇨ Cell phones have become common in a very short time
持てる [(2)もてる] [coll] meaning: popular rank: 2
☆ 僕は学生の頃全然もてなかった ⇨ I was never successful with girls when I was in school (☛ Popular among the opposite sex. Usually for young people)
繁盛 [(1)はんじょう] [繁盛する] meaning: popular rank: 3
☆ 彼女の食堂は繁盛している ⇨ Her restaurant is very popular (☛ Typically small business to be popular and making good money)
風靡 [(1)ふうび] [一世を風靡する] meaning: popular rank: 3
☆ ビートルズは60年代に一世を風靡した (いっせいを) ⇨ The Beatles defined an epoch, became a sensation, in the 60’s
時めく [(3)ときめく] [liter] meaning: popular rank: 4
☆ 今を時めく人気女優 ⇨ A currently very popular actress (☛ Be popular now)
► 名詞
人気 [にんき] meaning: popular rank: 1
☆ あの教師は生徒に人気が有る ⇨ That teacher is popular among students
☆ この商品は性能は良いのに何故か人気が無い ⇨ This product has good performance, but somehow is not popular
☆ 人気商品 ⇨ Popular products
☆ 彼は今人気の絶頂にある ⇨ He’s at the peak of his popularity now
人気 [にんき] [人気が出る] meaning: popular rank: 1
☆ あの俳優は人気が出るのに時間が掛かった ⇨ It took a while for the actor to become popular
流行り [はやり] meaning: popular rank: 1
☆ 今流行りの歌 ⇨ Currently popular songs
流行 [りゅうこう] meaning: popular rank: 1
☆ 今流行のファッション ⇨ The currently popular fashion
☆ 流行歌 ⇨ A hit song
受け [(2)うけ] [coll] meaning: popular rank: 2
☆ 彼女は男ウケが良いが女ウケが悪い ⇨ She is popular among guys but not well-liked among girls
好評 [こうひょう] [好評を博する] meaning: popular rank: 2
☆ 御客様に好評を博している商品 ⇨ A product popular among our customers (☛ Typically about merchandises and services)
普及 [ふきゅう] [liter] meaning: popular rank: 2
☆ 携帯電話の普及は急速に進んだ ⇨ The popularity of cell phones increased acceleratingly
売れっ子 [うれっこ] meaning: popular rank: 3
☆ 彼女は今一番の売れっ子女優だ ⇨ She is the most popular actress now (☛ Usually about entertainers and artists)
大持て [おおもて] [coll] meaning: popular rank: 3
☆ 彼は学校で女の子達に大持てだ ⇨ He is very popular among girls at school (☛ Typically about a private person, not a public figure)
花形 [はながた] meaning: popular rank: 3
☆ 体操はオリンピックの花形競技の一つだ ⇨ Gymnastics are one of the most prestigious sport of the Olympics
☆ 彼女は宝塚の花形だ ⇨ She is a star of Takarazuka theater
繁盛 [(1)はんじょう] meaning: popular rank: 3
☆ (☛ Typically small business to be popular and making good money)
不評 [ふひょう] meaning: popular rank: 3
☆ 新製品は使いにくいと不評だ ⇨ Many complain the new product is difficult to use
不評 [ふひょう] [不評を買う] meaning: popular rank: 3
☆ ドラマの結末は視聴者の不評を買った ⇨ The ending of the drama was not popular among the viewers
世俗 [せぞく] meaning: popular rank: 4
☆ (☛ Common among the mass)
俗 [(2)ぞく] meaning: popular rank: 4
☆ 私の好きな音楽は俗受けするものとは全く違う ⇨ The music I like are quite different from what the mass likes
通俗 [つうぞく] meaning: popular rank: 4
☆ (☛ Geared toward the mass)
定番 [ていばん] meaning: popular rank: 4
☆ 醤油味はラーメンの定番だ ⇨ Soy-sauce soup is one of classic and the most popular ramen flavors (☛ Originally “an ever popular item that maintains the same reference number in the books over the years”)
引っ張りだこ [ひっぱりだこ] meaning: popular rank: 4
☆ 彼女は今メディアに引っ張りだこだ ⇨ She is in demand from the media now
寵児 [(1)ちょうじ] meaning: popular rank: 5
☆ 時代の寵児 ⇨ The star, poster child, of the time
► 形容動詞
人気 [にんき] meaning: popular rank: 1
☆ 人気の商品 ⇨ A popular product
☆ 彼女は今若い男の子に大人気だ (だいにんき) ⇨ She’s very popular among young boys now
好評 [こうひょう] meaning: popular rank: 2
☆ 御客様に大好評の定食 ⇨ A set menu very popular among our customers (☛ Typically about merchandises and services)
盛ん [さかん] meaning: popular rank: 2
☆ 日本では野球が盛んだ ⇨ Baseball is popular in Japan
持て持て [もてもて] [coll] meaning: popular rank: 3
☆ 彼女は学校で男の子達にもてもてだ ⇨ She is very popular among boys at school
世俗的 [せぞくてき] meaning: popular rank: 4
☆ 当時の世俗的習慣 ⇨ A common practice at the time (☛ Common among the mass)
通俗的 [つうぞくてき] meaning: popular rank: 4
☆ 通俗的な表現を使った詞 ⇨ A poem written with popular, common, plain, expressions, language (☛ Geared toward the mass)