popular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  honorific language  noun (suffix) 

• direction, way
• person, lady, gentleman
• method of, manner of, way of
• care of ...
• person in charge of ...
• side (e.g. "on my mother's side")

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N1  honorific language  suffix  polite language  noun  noun (generic) 

• Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms
• makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)
• state, situation, appearance, manner

popular  irregular kanji usage  search-only kanji form  honorific language  polite language  noun  noun (generic)  usually written using kana alone 

• mikoshi, portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals
• lower back, waist, hips

popular  JLPT N2  honorific language  noun  noun (generic) 

• (another's) son, boy, young master
• green young man from a well-to-do family, young man innocent of the ways of the world

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N2  polite language  noun  noun (generic)  honorific language  abbreviation  usually written using kana alone  interjection 

• holiday, day off, absence
• sleep, rest
• good night

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N4  honorific language  noun  noun (generic) 

• congratulation, congratulations, celebration, festival
• congratulatory gift, present

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N2  honorific language  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation  interjection 

• return
• welcome home

popular  search-only kanji form  familiar language  honorific language  noun  noun (generic) 

• Buddhist priest, monk
• son (of others)

popular  JLPT N3  honorific language  polite language  humble language  usually written using kana alone  prefix 

• honorific/polite/humble prefix

popular  honorific language  pronoun 

• that gentleman, that lady, he, she