List: Essential

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• long (distance, length)
• long (time), protracted, prolonged

Wordpopular  JLPT N4  pre-noun adjectival  adjective (generic) 

• that sort of, that kind of, like that, such, so

Wordpopular  search-only kana form  JLPT N5  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  irregular nu verb  intransitive verb 

• to die, to pass away
• to lose spirit, to lose vigor, to look dead
• to cease, to stop

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• living thing, living creature, animal, life

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix)  abbreviation  shogi 

• king, ruler, sovereign, monarch
• tycoon, magnate, champion, master
• king (of the senior player)

Wordusually written using kana alone  adverb 

• any, all, every, both, either, none (with neg. verb)

Wordpopular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N5  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

• to read
• to recite (e.g. a sutra), to chant
• to predict, to guess, to forecast, to read (someone's thoughts), to see (e.g. into someone's heart), to divine
• to pronounce, to read (e.g. a kanji)
• to decipher, to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.), to tell (the time)
• to count, to estimate
• to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading

Wordpopular  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic) 

• mind, heart, spirit
• the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

Wordpopular  noun  noun (generic)  astronomy  archaic  children's language 

• heart, mind, spirit, vitality, inner strength
• bottom of one's heart, core (of one's character), nature
• centre, center, core, heart
• heart (organ)
• Chinese "Heart" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
• friend

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  pronoun 

• these