List: Basic Words - Mots fondamentaux

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic) 

• rainbow

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation 

• mouse, rat
• dark gray, slate gray

KanjiKyōiku kanji  Jōyō kanji  3rd grade kanji  13 strokes  JLPT N4 kanji 

• idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking

Wordpopular  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• season, time of year