popular  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  adverb 

• so to speak, so to call it, as it were

popular  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic)  archaism  usually written using kana alone 

• wife
• my dear, dear, honey
• garnish (esp. one served with sashimi)
• embellishment

popular  JLPT N1  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• male (animal, plant)

popular  numeric  noun  noun (generic)  usually written using kana alone 

• eleven, 11
• jack (playing card)
• Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax), Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  usually written using kana alone 

• betterment, improvement
• kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

popular  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic)  usually written using kana alone 

• island
• one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang), one's turf

popular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  adverb  usually written using kana alone 

• one person
• being alone, being by oneself
• being single, being unmarried
• by oneself, alone
• just, only, simply

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  usually written using kana alone  archaism 

• face, mug
• surface
• cheek meat
• cheek, cheeks
• surrounding area

popular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  derogatory  usually written using kana alone  noun (prefix) 

• dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris)
• squealer, rat, snitch, informer, informant, spy
• loser, asshole
• counterfeit, inferior, useless, wasteful

popular  JLPT N5  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while
• third person