List: Essential

Wordpopular  JLPT N4  male term  pronoun  colloquial  archaic  noun  noun (generic) 

• I, me
• you
• manservant

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  な adjective  adjective (generic)  adverb  colloquial  interjection  archaic  noun  noun (generic) 

• safe, secure, sound, problem-free, without fear, all right, alright, OK, okay
• certainly, surely, undoubtedly
• no thanks, I'm good, that's alright
• great man, fine figure of a man

Wordnoun  noun (generic) 

• looks, features

Wordpopular  expression 

• the expectation is that ..., the reason is that ..., the fact is that ..., the explanation is that ..., it is that ...

Wordpopular  auxiliary  Kansai-ben 

• it is assuredly that ..., can say with confidence that ...
• did not ...

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• light (i.e. not heavy), feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily)
• light (i.e. of foot), effortless, nimble, agile
• non-serious, minor, unimportant, trivial
• slight, small, gentle, soft, easy, lighthearted (e.g. joke)
• easy, simple
• indiscriminate

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun (prefix) 

• woman, female
• female lover, girlfriend, mistress, (someone's) woman

Wordpopular  obsolete reading  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun (prefix) 

• man, male
• fellow, guy, chap, bloke
• male lover, boyfriend, man
• manliness, manly honor, manly honour, manly reputation

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  adverb  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  な adjective 

• probably, likely, perhaps, maybe
• a lot of, much, many, considerable, large (amount), generous

Wordpopular  usually written using kana alone  suffix 

• pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)