popular  historical term  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial  な adjective  adjective (generic) 

• Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)
• reminiscent of the Shōwa era, Shōwa-nostalgic, old-fashioned, quaint, old-school

popular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  abbreviation  noun (suffix)  noun (prefix)  colloquial 

• iron (Fe)
• steel
• iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.)
• railway
• railway enthusiast

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial  noun (suffix)  historical term 

• expert, learned person
• doctor, PhD, Dr.
• instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period)
• pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix)  colloquial 

• field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.), cultivated land, vegetable plot, kitchen garden, plantation
• field (of specialization), sphere, area, line
• womb, birth, birthplace

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  usually written using kana alone  colloquial 

• cherry tree, cherry blossom
• fake buyer, paid audience, shill, seat filler
• hired applauder
• horse meat

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial 

• fraud, swindle, graft, cheating, trick, scam
• saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it, making promises without keeping them, flaking out

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

• worst
• horrible, horrid, awful, terrible
• in the worst case, if worst comes to worst

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb  colloquial  baseball 

• debt, loan, liabilities, borrowing money
• number of games under the .500 mark

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial 

• race (of people)
• type of person

popular  JLPT N4  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb  colloquial  interjection  mathematics  noun taking the genitive case particle の 

• unreasonable, unnatural, unjustifiable
• impossible
• forcible, forced, compulsory
• excessive (work, etc.), immoderate
• to work too hard, to try too hard
• no way, not a chance, never, dream on
• irrational