List: noun (generic)
All kinds of Japanese nouns
popular obsolete reading JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- writing, composition, essay, article, passage, prose, (writing) style
- sentence
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) historical term
- civilization, civilisation, culture
- Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
popular search-only kana form search-only kanji form JLPT N5 honorific language noun noun (generic) familiar language pronoun
- mother, mom, mum, ma
- wife
- you (of an elderly person older than the speaker), she, her
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- evil, wickedness
- (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.), the bad guy
popular noun noun (generic)
- head (of a household), proprietor (of a store), proprietress, landlord, landlady
- one's husband
- (one's) employer, (one's) master
- host, hostess
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- wound, injury, cut, gash, bruise, scratch, scrape, scar
- chip, crack, scratch, nick
- flaw, defect, weakness, weak point
- stain (on one's reputation), disgrace, dishonor, dishonour
- (emotional) hurt, hurt feelings
popular gikun or jukujikun obsolete reading JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- another person, other people, others
- unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood)
- outsider, stranger
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- end (e.g. of street), tip, point, edge, margin
- beginning, start, first
- odds and ends, scrap, odd bit, least
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- opponent, rival, adversary
- menace, danger, threat, enemy
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- entrance, entry, gate, approach, mouth