popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) honorific language noun (suffix) familiar language jocular, humorous term archaic
- teacher, instructor, master
- sensei, title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.
- intimate or teasing form of address
- one's elder
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) counter
- clothes (esp. Western clothes), clothing, dress, costume, suit, outfit
- counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
popular JLPT N5 food, cooking noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- (hard) candy, toffee
- rice-sugar, sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.
- amber, yellowish-brown
popular counter
- counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle), counter for insects in a collection, counter for helmets, masks, etc.
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone noun (suffix) prefix
- thing, object, article, stuff, substance
- one's things, possessions, property, belongings
- things, something, anything, everything, nothing
- quality
- reason, the way of things
- used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc., used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense), used to indicate a general tendency, used to indicate something that should happen
- item classified as ..., item related to ..., work in the genre of ...
- cause of ..., cause for ...
- somehow, somewhat, for some reason
- really, truly
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone particle
- et cetera, etc., and the like, and so forth
- or something
- the likes of
- for example, for instance, for one
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) geometry counter
- dot, spot, point, speck, mark
- mark (in an exam, etc.), grade, score, points
- point (in a game), score, goal, run
- point
- point, aspect, matter, detail, part, respect, way, viewpoint
- (punctuation) mark (e.g. comma, period, decimal point), dot
- "dot" stroke (in a Chinese character)
- counter for points, marks, goals, etc.
- counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) finance abbreviation
- mirror, looking-glass
- barrel head
- page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.
- mirror-shaped mochi
popular suffix
- etc., et cetera, and so on
popular JLPT N3 adverb noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- after all, in the end, ultimately, eventually
- conclusion, end
- end of a game of go, shogi, etc.