毛布 it sounds so warm and fluffy and I want to wrap myself up in it.
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I like 震える as well because it sounds like something shaking and its fun to flick your tongue for those るs
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As usual, I can never pick one favorite xD
つまらない - because it sounds like the perfect thing to say in a dismissive tone when something’s boring xD
思い出 (おもいで) - because it sounds nostalgic to me. The meaning and the sound go well together. 
積もる (つもる) - because it makes me think of snow quietly piling up in the woods for some reason. I think it’s because もる is close to もり (森), which is another word I love. It’s a very peaceful image.
僕 (ぼく) - I just like the way it sounds xD It’s my favorite personal pronoun. It’s cute.
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I don’t have a Japanese keyboard at work, but my favorite words right now are for heart and homesick. I just love the ring they have to them, they both sound like songs.
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@Cherrykisu 心（こころ）and 里心（さとごころ）yes?
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yes those, thank you!
Weeeelllll,
That’d be 大丈夫 (だいじょうぶ), of course 
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I think a lot of my favorite words come from songs where I first heard them.
いずれ - the sound carries a certain wistfulness
ぐちゃぐちゃ - fun to say and it sounds exactly like what it’s describing
炎 (ほのお) - because Shiki sings it so beautifully in his Dance with Devils song
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Ah that song is amazing! Thanks for sharing that! Haha
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Mine has got to be 馬鹿. Not for the sound it makes or anything, but because of the story behind it. How an idiot couldn’t tell the difference between a deer and a horse. The history behind these kanji are one of the reasons I love them so much.
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I’m a big fan of 氷柱 (つらら). It just sounds nice.
I also like that there’s a word for the left over bits of batter after making tempura 天かす and the similar word with a more foul meaning which I will leave for others to figure out.
I just learned 昔話. It has both things I enjoy most about Japanese vocab:
1.) sticking kanji together like puzzle blocks to create a new meaning: long ago + talk = folklore
2.) a funny/cute sound “むかしばなし” (to my ears at least)
So this one will go pretty far up on my favorite word list. 
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なつかしい - It rolls off the tongue and has a very…well, なつかしい feeling about it. I end up using it a lot, even though no one else I know speaks or understands Japanese. Since there’s not a good word for it in English, though, what else am I supposed to do? 
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黄昏（たそがれ）Used to be pronounced たそかれ, which I love even more, but it was changed to たそがれ in the Edo period. I just love the way it sounds, and twilight/dusk is one of my favorite times of day, so I like the meaning too.
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地球温暖化. It’s just fun to say for some reason.
希望 「きぼう」Hope.
Also 運命 「うんめい」Destiny (because of Heroes???)
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Thank you for teaching me this word!
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My favorite is 小さな，but I also love 時々、にゃんこ、ワンちゃん
I specifically love 小さ as a “na” adjective instead of an “i” adjective
小さな has a nice ring to it, don’t you think?
#blackswansmatter 
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