List: Nouns

Wordpopular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• individual, one by one, separate, each

Wordpopular  gikun or jukujikun  obsolete reading  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• another person, other people, others
• unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood)
• outsider, stranger

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• boy
• juvenile, child

Wordpopular  gikun or jukujikun  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• parents, both parents

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

• within, inside of, less than

Wordnoun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• natural phenomenon (phenomena)

Wordpopular  irregular okurigana  JLPT N5  numeric  noun  noun (generic)  adverb  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• one
• for one thing
• only
• (not) even
• just (e.g. "just try it")
• some kind of, one type of

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• medicine, pharmaceuticals, (legal) drugs, pill, ointment, salve
• efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.)
• (pottery) glaze
• (illegal) drug, narcotic
• small bribe

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  derogatory  usually written using kana alone  noun (prefix) 

• dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris)
• squealer, rat, snitch, informer, informant, spy
• loser, asshole
• counterfeit, inferior, useless, wasteful

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• living thing, living creature, animal, life