gairaigo  Sanskrit origin  popular  irregular kanji usage  noun  noun (generic)  adverb  Buddhism 

• moment, instant
• kshana, duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second), shortest possible interval of time

popular  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

• pretext, history, past, story
• according to ..., ... says

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N1  usually written using kana alone  adverb 

• first of all, at once, right away
• for now, for the time being

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  adverb  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の 

• very, considerably, easily, readily, fairly, quite, highly, rather
• by no means, not readily
• middle, half-way point
• excellent, wonderful, very good

popular  JLPT N2  adverb taking the と particle  adverb  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  verb (generic)  noun (generic)  な adjective  adjective (generic) 

• extensive, spacious

popular  JLPT N5  usually written using kana alone  adverb 

• nicely, properly, well, skillfully, skilfully
• frequently, often
• I'm glad that you ..., thank you for ...
• (you have) quite the nerve to, I don't know how you can ...

popular  interjection  onomatopoeic or mimetic word  adverb  adverb taking the と particle 

• hey!, wait a minute!, whoa!
• boohoo, waaaa

popular  JLPT N3  onomatopoeic or mimetic word  adverb  adverb taking the と particle  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  verb (generic)  noun (generic) 

• sweetly (smiling), broadly (grinning)

popular  onomatopoeic or mimetic word  adverb  adverb taking the と particle 

• meow, miaow

popular  usually written using kana alone  adverb  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• to that extent