popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) counter
- guest, visitor
- customer, client, shopper, spectator, audience, tourist, sightseer, passenger
- counter for containers used to entertain guests
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) shogi abbreviation archaic noun (suffix) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) suffix counter
- muscle, tendon, sinew
- vein, artery
- fiber, fibre, string
- line, stripe, streak
- reason, logic
- plot, storyline
- lineage, descent
- school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
- aptitude, talent
- source (of information, etc.), circle, channel
- well-informed person (in a transaction)
- logical move (in go, shogi, etc.)
- ninth vertical line
- seam on a helmet
- gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
- social position, status
- on (a river, road, etc.), along
- counter for long thin things, counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
- street (in Osaka)
- (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) colloquial noun (suffix) counter
- hand, arm
- forepaw, foreleg
- handle
- hand, worker, help
- trouble, care, effort
- means, way, trick, move, technique, workmanship
- hand, handwriting
- kind, type, sort
- one's hands, one's possession
- ability to cope
- hand (of cards)
- direction
- move (in go, shogi, etc.)
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) counter suffix
- stand, rest, base, pedestal, platform, table, holder, support, rack
- setting (of a gem), mounting
- stock (in grafting)
- counter for machines and vehicles
- level (e.g. price level), mark, range, decade (of one's life)
- tall building (with a fine view), (observation) platform
- plateau, heights
popular noun noun (generic) counter
- honesty, sincerity, fidelity
- trust, reliance, confidence
- (religious) faith, devotion
- counter for received messages
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) suffix counter
- mouth
- opening, hole, gap, orifice
- mouth (of a bottle), spout, nozzle, mouthpiece
- gate, door, entrance, exit
- speaking, speech, talk (i.e. gossip)
- taste, palate
- mouth (to feed)
- opening (i.e. vacancy), available position
- invitation, summons
- kind, sort, type
- opening (i.e. beginning)
- counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), stove burners, and swords
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) counter slang mahjong archaic noun (prefix)
- mountain, hill
- mine (e.g. coal mine)
- heap, pile
- crown (of a hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire), protruding part of an object, high part
- climax, peak, critical point
- guess, speculation, gamble
- criminal case, crime
- mountain climbing, mountaineering
- festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd)
- deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn), stack
- wall, wall tile
- temple, temple grounds
- wild
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) suffix counter
- pillar, post
- support, prop, mainstay
- counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
popular noun noun (generic) historical term suffix counter
- seat, place
- position, status
- gathering, party, company, atmosphere (of a gathering)
- stand, pedestal, platform
- trade guild
- attaches to the names of constellations
- attaches to the names of theatres, cinemas and theatrical troupes
- counter for theatres, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs
popular JLPT N3 finance noun noun (generic) counter biology abbreviation noun (suffix)
- stock, share
- stump
- (clump of) roots, plant with attached roots or stem
- strain (of bacteria, etc.)
- stock company, corporation, kabushiki kaisha, KK
- goodwill (of a business), privilege (that comes with a role)
- reputation, standing, popularity
- one's forte