popular irregular okurigana JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) pronoun adverb
- everyone, everybody, all
- everything, all
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) archaic male term pronoun
- wild, growing wild, living in the wild
- I
popular noun noun (generic) ใช adjective adjective (generic) archaic humble language pronoun
- foolishness, silliness, stupidity, folly
- I, me
popular obsolete reading search-only kanji form JLPT N5 honorific language noun noun (generic) familiar language pronoun
- father, dad, papa, pa, pop, daddy, dada
- husband
- you (of an elderly person older than the speaker), he, him
popular JLPT N4 male term pronoun colloquial
- I, me
- you
- manservant
popular honorific language noun noun (generic) archaic pronoun
- people, (all) persons, everyone, ladies and gentlemen
- you (usu. plural)
popular pronoun
- anyone, any person, whoever
popular JLPT N3 honorific language suffix noun noun (generic) pronoun counter
- Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss
- clan
- he, him
- counter for people
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) humble language pronoun male term
- before oneself, in front of one, nearby
- a bit before reaching (a location), this side (of a location)
- one's standpoint, one's appearance, face, honour
- skill, dexterity, artistry, ingenuity
- tea-ceremony procedures
- I, me
- you
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) adverb usually written using kana alone pronoun Kansai-ben archaic
- inside, within
- while (e.g. one is young), during, within (e.g. a day), in the course of
- among, amongst, (out) of, between
- in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.), amidst, with (e.g. success)
- within oneself, one's feelings, inner thoughts
- we, our company, our organization
- one's home, one's family
- my spouse, my husband, my wife
- signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife
- I, me
- imperial palace grounds
- emperor