popular  ateji  search-only kanji form  JLPT N3  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic) 

• serious, earnest, sober, grave
• honest, sincere

popular  ateji  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic) 

• tabi, Japanese socks (with split toe)

popular  ateji  usually written using kana alone  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

• to capture, to seize, to plunder, to steal, to snatch, to grab

popular  ateji  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb 

• prank, practical joke, horseplay, mischievous trick

popular  ateji  noun  noun (generic) 

• work tabi, split-toed heavy cloth shoes with rubber soles

popular  ateji  JLPT N1  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic)  adverb  Kansai-ben 

• absurd, unreasonable, ridiculous
• rash, reckless
• excessive, immoderate, extreme
• very, extremely, excessively

popular  ateji  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic)  な adjective  adjective (generic) 

• joke, pun, jest, witticism, wordplay
• smartly dressed, stylish, fashion-conscious, refined

popular  ateji  noun  noun (generic) 

• height, elevated place

popular  ateji  noun  noun (generic) 

• gang of young toughs, hooligans, hoodlums, hoods, yobbos

popular  ateji  rarely used kanji form  search-only kanji form  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  な adjective  adjective (generic)  slang  noun (prefix)  noun (suffix)  abbreviation 

• idiot, moron, fool
• stupid, foolish, dull, absurd, ridiculous
• trivial, insignificant, disappointing
• malfunctioning, defective, losing sensation
• incredibly, unusually, exceptionally
• fervent enthusiast, nut, person singularly obsessed with something
• Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell)