List: noun (generic)

popular  search-only kana form  sensitive  noun  noun (generic)  archaic 

• foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry), gaijin, whitey
• outsider

popular  noun  noun (generic) 

• (train) station attendant, station employee, station staff

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• favour, favor, obligation, debt of gratitude
• kindness, benevolence

popular  noun  noun (generic) 

• year-end gift
• end of the year, year end

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic) 

• first departure (of the day), first train, first bus
• departing from the starting station (of a bus, train, etc.)

popular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic) 

• gear, cogwheel
• cog (in an organization, company, etc.), cog in the machine

popular  JLPT N1  historical term  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial 

• warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period), samurai
• person with a strong backbone, person that does incredible things, person of considerable talent

popular  search-only kanji form  noun  noun (generic) 

• (street) corner, turn (in the road), bend
• turning point, watershed

popular  noun  noun (generic)  historical term 

• recent past, recent times
• early modern period (Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo in Japan)

popular  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)