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

• the past, bygone days
• one's past (that one would prefer remained secret)
• past (tense), preterit, preterite
• previous life

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  adverb  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  noun (suffix)  grammar  Buddhism  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb 

• the present, present time, now
• as of
• present tense
• this world, this life
• to actually exist, to exist right now, to exist right in front of one

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

• woman, female
• feminine gender

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

• man, male
• masculine gender

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb  grammar  sumo 

• change, variation, alteration, mutation, transition, transformation, transfiguration, metamorphosis
• variety, diversity
• inflection, declension, conjugation
• sidestepping

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

• rule, domination, control
• direction, management, guidance
• control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.), governing, influence, sway
• government

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N2  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic)  grammar 

• plural, multiple
• plural (number)

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  adverb  grammar 

• time, hour, moment
• occasion, case
• chance, opportunity, season
• the times, the age, the day
• tense

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  Buddhism  grammar 

• (distant) future
• future existence, world beyond the grave, the world to come
• future (tense)

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

• even more, still more, much more, further
• one step, one rung, one level, one grade, one rank
• one paragraph, one passage
• ichidan (verb, verb conjugation)