List: Essential

Wordexpression 

• how, in what way, by what means

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

• morning, a.m.

Wordpopular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

• afternoon, p.m.

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  interjection 

• say, well, um, er

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N5  usually written using kana alone  pre-noun adjectival  adjective (generic) 

• which, what (way)

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• universe, cosmos, space

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

• in the rain

Wordpopular  astronomy  noun  noun (generic) 

• (outer) space

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

• start, commencement, beginning, initiation

Wordpopular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb  intransitive verb 

• start, beginning
• starting (e.g. a race), departing, starting point, starting line