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  noun  noun (generic)  prefix  counter 

• book, volume, script
• this, present, current, ... in question, ... at issue
• main, head, principal
• real, genuine, regular, proper
• counter for long, cylindrical things, counter for films, TV shows, etc., counter for goals, home runs, etc., counter for telephone calls

popular  prefix 

• every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend), each

popular  JLPT N3  prefix  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix)  grammar 

• several, a few, a number of
• number, quantity, amount
• counting, calculation, figures, numbers
• number, numeral, figure
• number
• destiny, fate, outcome, course of events, trend

popular  prefix 

• not yet, un-

popular  JLPT N3  honorific language  polite language  humble language  usually written using kana alone  prefix 

• honorific/polite/humble prefix

popular  pronoun  prefix 

• what
• how many
• many, a lot of
• several, a few, some

popular  JLPT N5  conjunction  particle  prefix 

• but, however, though, nevertheless, still, yet, even so, also, as well
• even
• however, no matter how, even if, even though
• ... or something
• either ... or ..., neither ... nor ...
• pseudo-, quack, in-name-only
• for lack of anything better to do

popular  JLPT N1  prefix 

• prefix for forming ordinal numbers

popular  rarely used kanji form  usually written using kana alone  interjection  colloquial  noun  noun (generic)  prefix  な adjective  adjective (generic)  slang  adverb 

• damn, damn it, shit, crap
• feces, excrement, dung
• damn, damned, blasted, stupid
• very, extremely, really
• terrible, awful, shit, crap
• a lot
• negligible, insignificant, not mattering at all, counting for nothing, hardly worth consideration, out of the question