popular  formal or literary term  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

• last year

popular  JLPT N3  adverb  noun  noun (generic) 

• fact, truth, reality

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

• time, season, period, phase, stage

popular  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

• oneself
• oneself, for oneself, personally, in person

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  な adjective  adjective (generic)  adverb  adverb taking the と particle 

• nature
• natural, spontaneous, automatic
• naturally, spontaneously, automatically

popular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

• autumn, fall

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

• up to now, so far
• traditional, conventional, usual, existing

popular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

• spring, springtime
• New Year
• prime (of life), height (of one's prosperity), heyday
• adolescence, puberty
• sexuality, sexual desire

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic)  adverb  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb 

• future, (future) prospects
• bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.)
• bringing about, giving rise to, causing, incurring

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N5  adverb 

• a little, a bit, a small amount, a few, some, slightly, somewhat
• a little while, a short time, a moment, a minute
• a little way, a short distance