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  obsolete reading  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family), martin
• barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
• younger man involved with an older woman, boy toy

popular  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• crow (Corvus spp.), raven

popular  JLPT N1  abbreviation  noun  noun (generic)  suffix  usually written using kana alone  noun (suffix) 

• credit
• money owed on an account, bill
• hanger, holder, rest, rack, peg, hook, stand
• in the process of (doing), midway through, half-(done)
• on the verge of, just about to
• hot noodles in broth
• wholesale price as a proportion of the list price (in tenths)

popular  gikun or jukujikun  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N4  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• toy
• (person or thing treated as a) plaything

popular  JLPT N1  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• cancer

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic)  usually written using kana alone 

• cotton (material)
• red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)

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

• conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard, reason, cause, meaning, circumstances, situation

popular  search-only kana form  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation  usually written using kana alone  go (game) 

• grasping, gripping, grasp, grip, clutch
• handful, fistful
• handle, grip, knob
• onigiri, rice ball
• nigirizushi, hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.
• determining who plays with black by grabbing a handful of stones and guessing whether the number of stones is odd or even

popular  usually written using kana alone  adverb 

• something, some kind of
• for some reason