popular  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

• the preceding year, the previous year, last year

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  adverb 

• whole, entirety
• to begin with, in the first place
• ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"), ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"), ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")

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

• degree, amount, grade, standard, of the order of (following a number), about, approximately

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

• at that time, in those days

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  adverb 

• beginning, start, outset
• at first, at the beginning, initially, originally

popular  JLPT N4  adverb 

• particularly, especially, in particular, expressly

popular  JLPT N4  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adverb  noun  noun (generic) 

• special, particular, extraordinary, exceptional, especial

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

• (period of) a year
• during the era (of)

popular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

• every day

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

• next year