popular  obsolete reading  JLPT N1  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic)  adverb  archaic 

• some, few, a number of, a little (bit)
• somewhat, to a certain extent
• many, a lot

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic)  adverb  usually written using kana alone  pronoun  Kansai-ben  archaic 

• inside, within
• while (e.g. one is young), during, within (e.g. a day), in the course of
• among, amongst, (out) of, between
• in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.), amidst, with (e.g. success)
• within oneself, one's feelings, inner thoughts
• we, our company, our organization
• one's home, one's family
• my spouse, my husband, my wife
• signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife
• I, me
• imperial palace grounds
• emperor

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix)  archaic 

• advocate (of a theory or principle), ideologist, ideologue
• -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system)
• socialist, communist, anarchist

popular  obsolete reading  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic)  archaic  Kyoto-ben 

• amateur, layman, ordinary person, novice
• respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha)
• unlicensed prostitute

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial  archaic  suffix  counter 

• box, case, chest, package, pack, crate
• car (of a train, etc.)
• shamisen case, shamisen
• public building, community building
• man who carries a geisha's shamisen
• receptacle for human waste, feces (faeces)
• counter for boxes (or boxed objects)

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  archaic 

• being at sea, losing one's bearings, confusion, wonderment
• disorientation upon waking at night
• forgetting which house or room to enter

popular  noun (suffix)  noun (generic)  abbreviation  noun  archaic 

• hut, house
• boarding house, residence hall, dormitory
• one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)

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

• dictionary, lexicon
• letter of resignation

popular  obsolete reading  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic)  archaic 

• wife (esp. one's own wife)
• court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace
• woman (esp. as a love interest)

popular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic)  archaic 

• waterfall
• rapids