popular  irregular kanji usage  noun  noun (generic) 

• Japanese and Chinese poetry
• poetry, poems

popular  irregular kanji usage  noun  noun (generic) 

• one's view of life, attitude toward life, outlook

popular  irregular kanji usage  noun  noun (generic) 

• styrofoam, styrene foam, expanded polystyrene

popular  obsolete reading  irregular kanji usage  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  usually written using kana alone  archaic 

• pot, jar, vase
• dice cup
• depression, basin (e.g. of a waterfall)
• aim, what one wants, the mark
• key point (of a conversation, etc.), essence
• acupuncture point, moxibustion point, pressure point
• position on the fingerboard (of a shamisen, koto, etc.)
• target (when aiming an arrow)

popular  irregular kanji usage  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic) 

• tatami room, tatami mat room, formal Japanese room
• dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

popular  irregular kanji usage  medicine  noun  noun (generic) 

• cataract

popular  irregular kanji usage  JLPT N1  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• pleasant, agreeable, comfortable, refreshing

popular  irregular kanji usage  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic) 

• reckless, thoughtless, rash, ill-advised, impulsive, mad (e.g. scheme)

popular  irregular kanji usage  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb 

• highlight, best part
• stunning, incredible, spectacular, breathtaking
• to stun, to amaze, to impress, to overwhelm (with emotion)

popular  irregular kanji usage  JLPT N1  usually written using kana alone  adverb 

• in its entirety, whole, wholly