popular  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic)  go (game)  interjection 

• no good, not serving its purpose, useless, broken
• hopeless, wasted, in vain, purposeless
• cannot, must not, not allowed
• neutral point, intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game
• no!, stop!

popular  usually written using kana alone  interjection 

• I'm beaten, I give up

popular  JLPT N2  abbreviation  usually written using kana alone  interjection  honorific language  noun  noun (generic) 

• (please) try to
• (please) look
• seeing, looking, watching

popular  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation  interjection 

• eager, earnest, ardent, kind, keen, acute
• OFF (on switch)

popular  obsolete reading  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  な adjective  adjective (generic)  interjection 

• pity, sorrow, grief, misery, compassion, pathos
• pitiable, pitiful, pathetic, miserable
• alack, alas

popular  JLPT N1  usually written using kana alone  noun or verb acting prenominally  adjective (generic)  adverb  interjection 

• how ...!, what ...!
• what?, what's that?

popular  search-only kana form  JLPT N5  い adjective  adjective (generic)  interjection 

• dangerous, risky, hazardous, perilous, precarious
• in danger, in jeopardy, critical, grave, at risk
• uncertain, unreliable, insecure, unsteady, doubtful
• close (call), narrow (escape)
• look out!, watch out!, be careful!

popular  JLPT N5  usually written using kana alone  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  intransitive verb  interjection 

• to understand, to comprehend, to grasp, to see, to get, to follow
• to become clear, to be known, to be discovered, to be realized, to be realised, to be found out
• I know!, I think so too!

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  な adjective  adjective (generic)  male term  interjection 

• rudeness, impoliteness, disrespect, impertinence
• leaving, going (on one's way), saying goodbye
• taking without permission, stealing, pinching, pilfering
• my apologies, I must be going now, so long

popular  JLPT N3  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  な adjective  noun  noun (generic)  interjection 

• superior, first-class, excellent, top quality
• (that's) just fine!, bring it on!