popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• search (esp. in criminal investigations), investigation, inquiry, enquiry

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

• target, object (of worship, study, etc.), subject (of taxation, etc.), coverage

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

• major company, big company
• front castle gate
• force attacking the front of a castle

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

• man, male
• masculine gender

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• home area, home town
• local

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

• centre, center, middle, heart
• capital, seat of government

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

• center, centre, middle, heart, core, focus, pivot, emphasis, balance
• -centered, -centred, -focused, -oriented, centered on, focused on

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

• town, city, municipal, urban

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

• within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area

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

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