List: noun (generic)

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic) 

• interest (on a deposit, loan, etc.)

popular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic) 

• science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.)
• faculties of science, engineering, medicine, etc. (at a university)
• science (as a school subject)

popular  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic) 

• ryokan, traditional Japanese inn

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• love, affection

popular  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic) 

• malicious, vicious, malignant, underhanded
• shoddy, inferior, poor-quality, second-rate

popular  noun  noun (generic) 

• go (board game)

popular  obsolete kanji  irregular okurigana  JLPT N4  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

• good, advantage, benefit, welfare
• sake, purpose, objective, aim
• consequence, result, effect
• affecting, regarding, concerning

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  counter 

• writing brush, paintbrush, pen
• writing with a brush, drawing with a brush, penmanship, something drawn with a brush
• writing (composing text), the written word
• (land) lot, plot

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic) 

• seedling, young plant
• rice seedling

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic) 

• subordinate person