popular  noun or verb acting prenominally  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb  abbreviation  sensitive 

• resident in Japan (of a foreigner), situated in Japan (e.g. of an embassy)
• Zainichi, Zainichi Korean, North or South Korean national with permanent residency in Japan (who came to the country before 1945, or a descendant of such a person)

popular  JLPT N3  sensitive  dated term  noun  noun (generic) 

• woman, lady, adult female

popular  JLPT N3  sensitive  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  sumo 

• old person, elderly person, senior citizen
• trustee of the Japan Sumo Association, retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay
• senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)
• important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

popular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic)  sensitive  colloquial 

• peninsula
• Korea

popular  search-only kanji form  sensitive  noun  noun (generic) 

• dementia
• stupidity, foolishness, fool, idiot

popular  sensitive  noun  noun (generic) 

• hamlet, subunit of village
• burakumin area

popular  search-only kana form  sensitive  noun  noun (generic)  archaic 

• foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry), gaijin, whitey
• outsider

popular  noun  noun (generic)  usually written using kana alone  historical term  sensitive  derogatory  archaic 

• log
• dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)
• test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII)
• prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun

popular  JLPT N1  sensitive  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する 

• mixed race, mixed parentage

popular  dated term  sensitive  noun  noun (generic) 

• feeble-mindedness, intellectual disability