popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• home area, home town
• local

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

• centre, center, middle, heart
• capital, seat of government

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

• center, centre, middle, heart, core, focus, pivot, emphasis, balance
• -centered, -centred, -focused, -oriented, centered on, focused on

popular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  abbreviation 

• telephone call, phone call
• telephone (device), phone

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

• town, city, municipal, urban

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  adverb 

• beginning, start, outset
• at first, at the beginning, initially, originally

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

• simultaneous, concurrent, same time, synchronous, together

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• Japan and the United States, Japanese-American

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

• agriculture