List: Essential

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb  abbreviation  horse racing 

• obstacle, impediment, hindrance, barrier, difficulty
• disorder, defect, disability, handicap, impairment, dysfunction
• steeplechase
• obstacle race, steeplechase (athletics)

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb 

• conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.), overcoming, surmounting, bringing under control

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

• many, much, plenty, a lot
• majority (of), greater part (of)
• mostly, mainly, chiefly, usually, often

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• foreigner, foreign citizen, foreign national, alien, non-Japanese

Wordnoun  noun (generic) 

• alien (from another planet)

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  usually written using kana alone  adverb  conjunction  prefix 

• again, once more, once again, another time, some other time
• also, too, as well, likewise
• on the other hand, while
• and, in addition, besides, moreover, furthermore
• or, otherwise
• really, how, (what, why) on earth
• indirect

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  conjunction 

• then, well, so, well then

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  conjunction  interjection  expression  archaic 

• then, well, so, well then
• bye then
• at, in, by, with, using
• if not ..., unless ...

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N4  usually written using kana alone  auxiliary  noun  noun (generic)  sumo 

• should (be), bound (to be), expected (to be), must (be)
• nock (of a bow)
• nock (of an arrow)
• nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger)
• wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb 

• understanding, comprehension, appreciation
• sympathy