List: popular word

popular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  derogatory  archaic 

• monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata), ape, non-human primate
• sly person
• idiot, hick
• sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
• clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
• bathhouse prostitute

popular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb  intransitive verb 

• reception (e.g. of visitors), dealing with

popular  irregular kanji usage  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb 

• dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.), receiving (callers, visitors, etc.), attending to, handling, serving

popular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb 

• descent, fall, drop, decline, downturn, subsidence

popular  noun  noun (generic) 

• downstream, lower reaches of a river
• lower classes

popular  noun  noun (generic) 

• perpetrator, wrong-doer, aggressor, assailant, offender

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic) 

• fault, error, indiscretion, faux pas

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

• endurance, patience, perseverance, bearing (with something)
• self-control, self-restraint

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb 

• dissection, autopsy, postmortem examination
• analysis, postmortem

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb  mathematics 

• return (to), revolution, recurrence
• regression