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