popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix)  formal or literary term 

• having, holding, possessing, owning, using, holder, owner, user
• wear, durability, life
• charge, expense
• draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.), tie

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix) 

• tuck (e.g. in a dress)
• rise (e.g. in price)

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

• riding, ride
• spread (of paints)
• -seater (e.g. two-seater)
• (getting into the) mood, (entering into the) spirit, energy, enthusiasm, rhythm, feeling

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix) 

• high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family, imperial Shinto shrine
• Ise Grand Shrine

popular  obsolete kanji  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix)  prefix  archaic  Kyoto-ben 

• young lady of noble birth, princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.)
• girl
• small, cute, lesser (in names of species)
• prostitute

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix)  counter 

• lesson
• section (in an organization), division, department
• counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix)  counter 

• storey, story, floor
• stairs
• stage (in chronostratigraphy)
• counter for storeys and floors of a building

popular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix) 

• thing, matter
• incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis
• circumstances, situation, state of affairs
• work, business, affair
• after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
• nominalizing suffix
• pretending to ..., playing make-believe ...
• alias, also known as, otherwise known as, or
• necessity, need
• you should ..., I advise that you ..., it's important to ...

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix)  usually written using kana alone  abbreviation  suffix 

• rise, increase, ascent
• income, takings, earnings, proceeds, (crop) yield, return, profit
• completion, end, finish
• end result (e.g. of crafts), how something comes out, finish
• finishing (in a board or card game, etc.)
• green tea (esp. in a sushi restaurant)
• after (rain, illness, etc.)
• ex- (e.g. ex-bureaucrat), former

popular  obsolete reading  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  counter  noun (suffix) 

• needle, pin
• hook
• stinger, thorn
• hand (e.g. clock, etc.), pointer
• staple (for a stapler)
• needlework, sewing
• malice
• counter for stitches