List: Core Japanese words

Wordpopular  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic)  sumo 

• place, location, spot, position
• room, space
• basho, wrestling tournament

Wordpopular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  adverb  suffix  usually written using kana alone 

• place, spot, scene, site
• address
• district, area, locality
• one's house
• point, aspect, side, facet
• passage (in text), part
• space, room
• thing, matter
• whereupon, as a result
• about to, on the verge of
• was just doing, was in the process of doing, have just done, just finished doing
• approximately, around, about

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• name
• given name, first name

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation  sumo 

• room, chamber
• apartment, flat, pad
• stable

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• car, automobile, vehicle
• wheel, castor, caster

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• train, electric train

Wordpopular  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix) 

• line, stripe, stria
• line (e.g. telephone line), wire
• ray (e.g. X-ray), beam
• line (e.g. of a railroad), track, route, lane
• outline, contours, form
• level
• division
• line (of action), position, approach, policy, principle
• impression one leaves, air one gives off

Wordpopular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  historical term  counter 

• railway station, train station
• staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan)
• counter for railway stations and bus stations

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  adverb  archaic 

• behind, rear
• after, later
• remainder, the rest
• more (e.g. five more minutes), left
• also, in addition
• descendant, successor, heir
• after one's death
• past, previous

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  adverb  suffix  colloquial 

• in front (of), before (e.g. a building)
• before, earlier, previously, prior, ago, (minutes) to (the hour)
• (the) front, frontal part, fore, head (e.g. of a line)
• forward, ahead
• (in the) presence (of), in front (of someone)
• previous (e.g. page), prior (e.g. engagement), first (e.g. half), former (e.g. example)
• portion, helping
• front (of one's body or clothing), breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.)
• privates, private parts
• criminal record, previous conviction, (a) prior