popular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  historical term  archaic 

• country, state
• region
• national government, central government
• home (i.e. hometown, home country)
• province (of Japan)
• land, earth

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  historical term  abbreviation  shogi  suffix  archaic 

• silver (Ag)
• silver (color)
• silver (medal, prize, etc.)
• silver coin
• silver general
• bank
• money

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N5  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb  archaic 

• to call out (to), to call, to invoke
• to summon (a doctor, etc.)
• to invite
• to designate, to name, to brand
• to garner (support, etc.), to gather
• to take as one's wife

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  adverb  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic)  archaic 

• very, greatly, terribly, awfully
• immense, enormous, great
• serious, grave, dreadful, terrible
• difficult, hard, challenging
• major incident, disaster

popular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb  intransitive verb  archaic 

• stoppage, coming to a stop, halt, standstill
• ceasing (movement, activity, etc.), suspension (of operations), interruption (e.g. of electricity supply), cutting off
• suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.), (temporary) prohibition, ban
• suspension of music, dance, etc. as a sign of mourning for a prominent person

popular  obsolete reading  JLPT N3  honorific language  noun  noun (generic)  archaic 

• wife, Mrs, madam
• wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.)
• consort of the emperor

popular  noun  noun (generic)  usually written using kana alone  archaic 

• face, mug
• surface
• cheek meat
• cheek, cheeks
• surrounding area

popular  noun  noun (generic)  archaic 

• black person
• woman in the nightlife business, demimondaine, geisha and prostitutes

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  slang  noun (prefix)  な adjective  adjective (generic)  honorific language  archaic 

• god, deity, divinity, spirit, kami
• incredible, fantastic, amazing
• Emperor (of Japan)
• thunder