popular obsolete kanji JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)
- thing, matter
- incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis
- circumstances, situation, state of affairs
- work, business, affair
- after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
- nominalizing suffix
- pretending to ..., playing make-believe ...
- alias, also known as, otherwise known as, or
- necessity, need
- you should ..., I advise that you ..., it's important to ...
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) usually written using kana alone abbreviation suffix
- rise, increase, ascent
- income, takings, earnings, proceeds, (crop) yield, return, profit
- completion, end, finish
- end result (e.g. of crafts), how something comes out, finish
- finishing (in a board or card game, etc.)
- green tea (esp. in a sushi restaurant)
- after (rain, illness, etc.)
- ex- (e.g. ex-bureaucrat), former
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 usually written using kana alone expression
- if you like
popular obsolete kanji irregular okurigana JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) adverb
- good, advantage, benefit, welfare
- sake, purpose, objective, aim
- consequence, result, effect
- affecting, regarding, concerning
popular JLPT N1 adverb usually written using kana alone interjection
- what, how
- what (a) ...!, how ...!
- surprisingly, to my amazement, believe it or not, why, ...!
- oh my, wow
- well, ..., so, ...
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone abbreviation Internet Internet slang
- fishing, angling
- change (for a purchase)
- clickbaiting
- trolling, bait, making deliberately inflammatory posts online
popular ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- club, fraternity, sorority, clubhouse
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb usually written using kana alone abbreviation
- sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab), crawling sideways
- leafhopper (insect), jassid
- sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
- levelling off (of prices, etc.), stabilizing
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) usually written using kana alone
- purple, violet
- purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon), red gromwell, red-root gromwell
- soy sauce