popular  obsolete reading  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic) 

• face
• surface
• mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• algae, waterweed, seaweed, duckweed

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  archaic 

• mourning
• calamity, misfortune

popular  particle  colloquial  adverb 

• too, also, in addition, as well, (not) either (in a negative sentence)
• both A and B, A as well as B, neither A nor B (in a negative sentence)
• even, as much as, as many as, as far as, as long as, no less than, no fewer than
• even if, even though, although, in spite of
• further, more, again, another, the other

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• traditional skirt

popular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• question (e.g. on a test), problem
• problem (e.g. societal, political), question, issue, subject (e.g. of research), case, matter
• question (i.e. doubt)
• public discussion, controversy
• trouble, problem, inconvenience, difficulty

popular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix)  biology  counter 

• gate
• branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master
• division, phylum
• counter for cannons

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  counter 

• origin, source, beginning
• basis, base, foundation, root
• cause
• (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock
• (one's) side
• capital, principal, cost price
• root (of a plant), (tree) trunk
• part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand)
• first three lines of a waka
• counter for plants or trees
• counter for falcons (in falconry)

popular  noun  noun (generic) 

• under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.)
• under (a flag, the sun, etc.), beneath
• with (e.g. one blow), on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...), in (e.g. the name of ...)
• (someone's) side, (someone's) location

popular  JLPT N5  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb  colloquial 

• to hold (in one's hand), to take, to carry
• to possess, to have, to own
• to maintain, to keep
• to last, to be durable, to keep, to survive
• to take charge of, to be in charge of
• to hold (meeting, etc.), to have (opportunity, etc.)
• to have "it", to have that special something, to be blessed with good luck