popular  irregular okurigana  JLPT N5  numeric  noun  noun (generic)  adverb  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• one
• for one thing
• only
• (not) even
• just (e.g. "just try it")
• some kind of, one type of

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

• general, universal
• ordinary, average, common, non-celebrity
• the same, no different, (just) as if

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

• number one, first, first place
• best, most
• game, round, bout
• as a test, as an experiment, by way of experiment, by way of trial, tentatively
• song (e.g. in noh), piece

popular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• right, right-hand side
• right hand
• the above (in a piece of vertical writing), above-mentioned
• the right (wing), rightist
• the better (of two)

popular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation  hanafuda  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• flower, blossom, bloom, petal
• cherry blossom
• beauty
• blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)
• ikebana
• hanafuda
• (the) best
• glorious, lovely

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

• the past, bygone days
• one's past (that one would prefer remained secret)
• past (tense), preterit, preterite
• previous life

popular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• revision, amendment, alteration

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

• foreign, abroad, overseas

popular  obsolete reading  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• foreign country

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

• basics, fundamentals, basis, foundation