List: Essential

Wordexpression 

• around ..., or so

Wordpopular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• yen (Japanese monetary unit)
• circle

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  irregular okurigana  JLPT N5  usually written using kana alone  pronoun  dated term  formal or literary term  adverb  archaic 

• this, this one
• this person
• now, this point (in time)
• here
• used to stress the subject of a sentence
• I, me

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• value, worth, merit

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• letter, note

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• call, visit

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation  hanafuda  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• flower, blossom, bloom, petal
• cherry blossom
• beauty
• blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)
• ikebana
• hanafuda
• (the) best
• glorious, lovely

Wordrare term  expression 

• woman as pretty as a flower

Wordpopular  obsolete reading  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N5  usually written using kana alone  pronoun  colloquial  euphemistic  noun  noun (generic) 

• there, over there, that place, yonder, you-know-where
• genitals, private parts, nether regions
• that far, that much, that point

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N5  adverb  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  colloquial  noun  noun (generic) 

• for the first time
• only after ... is it ..., only when ... do you ..., not until ... do you ...
• first time, (one's) first