popular  noun  noun (generic)  sensitive 

• Tōkai region, region south of Tokyo on the Pacific Ocean side of Japan
• East Sea (Korean name for the Sea of Japan)

popular  noun or verb acting prenominally  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb  abbreviation  sensitive 

• resident in Japan (of a foreigner), situated in Japan (e.g. of an embassy)
• Zainichi, Zainichi Korean, North or South Korean national with permanent residency in Japan (who came to the country before 1945, or a descendant of such a person)

popular  JLPT N3  sensitive  dated term  noun  noun (generic) 

• woman, lady, adult female

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

• old person, elderly person, senior citizen
• trustee of the Japan Sumo Association, retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay
• senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)
• important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

popular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic)  sensitive  colloquial 

• peninsula
• Korea

popular  search-only kanji form  sensitive  noun  noun (generic) 

• dementia
• stupidity, foolishness, fool, idiot

popular  sensitive  noun  noun (generic) 

• hamlet, subunit of village
• burakumin area

popular  search-only kana form  sensitive  noun  noun (generic)  archaic 

• foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry), gaijin
• outsider

popular  noun  noun (generic)  usually written using kana alone  historical term  sensitive  derogatory  archaic 

• log
• dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)
• test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII)
• prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun

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

• mixed race, mixed parentage