popular  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation 

• period, epoch, era, age
• the times, those days
• oldness, ancientness, antiquity
• antique, period piece

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  obsolete term  abbreviation 

• photograph, photo, picture, photography
• moving picture, movie

popular  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation 

• society, public, community, the world
• social studies

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb  abbreviation 

• representation, representative, delegate, delegation
• exemplification, typification, being representative of, being typical of, representative example, exemplar, model
• leader
• switchboard number, main number

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

• university, college
• former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators)
• the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

popular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb  intransitive verb  abbreviation 

• telephone call, phone call
• telephone (device), phone

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb  abbreviation 

• dispatch, despatch, deployment
• temporary employee (esp. from an agency), temporary worker, agency temp

popular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation  archaic 

• north
• the North, northern territories
• North Korea
• north wind

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation 

• democracy, popular sovereignty
• Democratic Party (esp. DPJ)

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb  intransitive verb  psychology  abbreviation 

• union, combination, alliance, confederation, coalition
• association
• RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)