List: adjective (generic)
All kinds of Japanese adjectives
上うえuepopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) honorific language suffix archaic
- above, over, up
- top, summit, upper part, head (e.g. of a staircase)
- surface, on (top of)
- the above (in a piece of writing), earlier part
- superior, better, higher (position, rank, etc.), upper (class)
- elder, older, senior
- with respect to ..., in terms of, as far as ... is concerned, when (e.g. drunk)
- besides ..., in addition to ..., on top of ..., as well as ...
- after ..., upon ..., on ..., with (e.g. full awareness), as a result of ...
- since ..., now that ..., because ...
- honorable, venerable, dear
- emperor, sovereign, shogun, daimyo
popular JLPT N3 suffix noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) expression
- from the standpoint of, from the viewpoint of, with respect to, in terms of, as a matter of, in view of, so far as ... is concerned
- on, above, on top of, aboard (a ship or vehicle)
- the best, top, first class, first grade
- first volume (of a two or three-volume set), first book
- with my compliments
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- top and bottom, up and down, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends
- upside-down
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- talking in one's sleep, somniloquy
- nonsense, gibberish
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) logic abbreviation
- truth, reality, genuineness
- seriousness
- truth
- printed style writing
- star performer
popular irregular kanji usage noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb な adjective adjective (generic)
- lack of filial piety, disobedience to one's parents
popular search-only kana form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone い adjective adjective (generic)
- painful, bitter, heart-breaking, difficult (emotionally)
- tough, difficult, hard (usu. of situations)
- cruel, harsh, cold
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone い adjective adjective (generic)
- fresh and youthful, lively, vibrant, vivacious, juicy (e.g. fruit)
popular search-only kana form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone い adjective adjective (generic) colloquial adverb
- terrible, dreadful
- amazing (e.g. of strength), great (e.g. of skills), wonderful, terrific
- to a great extent, vast (in numbers)
- awfully, very, immensely
popular JLPT N3 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) colloquial abbreviation prefix archaic
- raw, uncooked, fresh
- natural, as it is, unedited, unprocessed
- unprotected (sex), raw, bareback
- live (i.e. not recorded)
- inexperienced, unpolished, green, crude
- impudence, sauciness
- unpasteurized beer, draft beer, draught beer
- blank (e.g. disk), unused
- just a little, somehow, vaguely, partially, somewhat, half-, semi-
- insufficient, incomplete, half-baked, half-hearted, perfunctory
- cash
- tipsiness