List: Hiragana basic

Wordpopular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N5  numeric  prefix  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  suffix  noun  noun (generic)  noun (prefix)  card games 

• one, 1
• best
• first, foremost
• beginning, start
• a (single), one (of many)
• ace
• bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

Wordpopular  obsolete reading  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• sea, ocean, waters

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  food, cooking  astronomy 

• cattle (Bos taurus), cow, bull, ox, calf
• beef
• Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  honorific language  suffix  archaic 

• above, over, up
• top, summit, upper part, head (e.g. of a staircase)
• surface, on (top of)
• the above (in a piece of writing), earlier part
• superior, better, higher (position, rank, etc.), upper (class)
• elder, older, senior
• with respect to ..., in terms of, as far as ... is concerned, when (e.g. drunk)
• besides ..., in addition to ..., on top of ..., as well as ...
• after ..., upon ..., on ..., with (e.g. full awareness), as a result of ...
• since ..., now that ..., because ...
• honorable, venerable, dear
• emperor, sovereign, shogun, daimyo

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• song, singing
• classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka)
• modern poetry

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  obsolete kanji  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• yen (currency of Japan)
• circle

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• English (language)

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• picture, drawing, painting, sketch
• image (TV, film, etc.), picture, footage

Wordpopular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  usually written using kana alone  mahjong 

• hill, height, knoll, rising ground
• bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game