List: Essential

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  usually written using kana alone  particle  prefix 

• while, during, as
• while, although, though, despite, in spite of, notwithstanding
• all, both
• as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"), in (e.g. "in tears")
• while doing something else (at the same time)

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  search-only kanji form  Ichidan verb  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

• to stare (at), to gaze (at), to look hard (at), to watch intently, to fix one's eyes (on)

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• question (e.g. on a test), problem
• problem (e.g. societal, political), question, issue, subject (e.g. of research), case, matter
• question (i.e. doubt)
• public discussion, controversy
• trouble, problem, inconvenience, difficulty

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• birth, birthplace
• born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

Wordpopular  JLPT N1  honorific language  familiar language  suffix  polite language 

• Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms., -san
• politeness marker

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

• wife
• garnish (esp. one served with sashimi), trimmings
• accompaniment, side (remark)

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• hospital, clinic, doctor's office, doctor's surgery, infirmary

Wordpopular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic)  adverb  usually written using kana alone  pronoun  Kansai-ben  archaic 

• inside, within
• while (e.g. one is young), during, within (e.g. a day), in the course of
• among, amongst, (out) of, between
• in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.), amidst, with (e.g. success)
• within oneself, one's feelings, inner thoughts
• we, our company, our organization
• one's home, one's family
• my spouse, my husband, my wife
• signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife
• I, me
• imperial palace grounds
• emperor

Wordpopular  obsolete reading  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• outside, exterior
• the open (air)
• other place, somewhere else, outside one's group (family, company, etc.)

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• house, residence, dwelling
• family, household
• lineage, family name