List: popular word

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb 

• research, study, investigation

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic) 

• viewpoint, point of view, way of looking (at something), view, angle
• way of appreciating (e.g. opera), way of understanding, how to read (a map, train timetable, etc.)

popular  irregular reading  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb 

• cause, origin, source

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

• principle, general rule
• as a rule, in principle, in general

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 N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• reality, actuality, hard fact

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• actual spot, scene (of a crime, accident, etc.)
• (on) site, (on) the ground, (in) the field, job site
• filming location, (movie) set

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic) 

• actual place, actual location, the spot, the scene, the field, (on) site
• place where one is currently living

popular  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  adverb 

• so to speak, so to call it, as it were

popular  obsolete reading  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• language, dialect
• word, phrase, expression, term
• speech, (manner of) speaking, (use of) language
• words, remark, statement, comment
• learning to speak, language acquisition