List: Essential

Wordpopular  auxiliary verb  verb (generic)  copula 

• be, is

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N5  usually written using kana alone  conjunction 

• and, like that

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N4  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic) 

• kind, gentle, considerate, generous, friendly, nice

Wordpopular  polite language  copula  auxiliary verb  verb (generic) 

• be, is

Wordpopular  particle  interjection 

• right?, isn't it?, doesn't it?, don't you?, don't you think?
• hey, say, listen, look, come on
• you know, you see, I must say, I should think
• will you?, please
• so, ..., well, ..., you see, ..., you understand?
• I'm not sure if ..., I have my doubts about whether ...

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N1  usually written using kana alone  Ichidan verb  verb (generic)  transitive verb  auxiliary verb 

• to give, to let (one) have
• to give
• to do for one, to take the trouble to do
• to do to someone's disadvantage

Wordadverb 

• equally, evenly, similarly, alike
• just as ..., as soon as ..., the moment (that) ..., immediately upon ...

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun or verb acting prenominally  adjective (generic)  な adjective  adverb 

• same, identical, equal, alike, equivalent
• anyway, in any case, if one must ..., if one has to ..., as long as ...

Wordrarely used kanji form  pre-noun adjectival  adjective (generic) 

• similar but different, alike only in appearance, falsely similar, spurious, sham, pseudo-

Wordpopular  noun  noun (generic) 

• nature, disposition, temperament, qualities, attributes, talents