List: popular word

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N2  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb 

• hiccup, hiccough

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N3  onomatopoeic or mimetic word  usually written using kana alone  adverb  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  verb (generic)  noun (generic) 

• motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait), (be) still
• fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare), intently (e.g. listen, think)
• patiently (endure), stoically
• firmly (e.g. hold), restrained

popular  rarely used kanji form  search-only kanji form  JLPT N2  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb 

• rock-paper-scissors (game), janken

popular  rarely used kanji form  usually written using kana alone  expression 

• should do, ought to do

popular  rarely used kanji form  usually written using kana alone  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  な adjective  noun  noun (generic) 

• grazing, skimming, almost touching, passing within inches, being within a whisker, shaving close
• barely, just, narrowly, by a slim margin

popular  onomatopoeic or mimetic word  adverb  adverb taking the と particle  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  verb (generic)  noun (generic) 

• throbbingly (of pain)

popular  obsolete reading  rarely used kanji form  derogatory  familiar language  usually written using kana alone  pronoun 

• he, she, that person, that guy, that fellow
• that, that one, that thing

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N5  usually written using kana alone  pronoun  archaic 

• there (place relatively near listener)
• there (place just mentioned), that place
• then (of some incident just spoken of), that (of point just raised)
• you

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  conjunction 

• and, and then, thus, and now, and finally

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N5  usually written using kana alone  pronoun 

• that way, that direction
• there
• that (one)
• you, your family, your company
• that person