popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- duck
- easy mark, sucker, sitting duck
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) colloquial usually written using kana alone food, cooking prefix
- legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses), bean, pea
- soya bean (Glycine max), soybean, soy
- female genitalia (esp. the clitoris)
- kidney
- small, miniature, baby, midget, small-scale
- child
popular irregular okurigana noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- slip, omission
- upshot, denouement, outcome, final result
- punch line (of a joke)
popular noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) usually written using kana alone
- coming out, going out, outflow, efflux, rising (of the Sun or the Moon)
- attending (work), appearing (on stage), one's turn to go on
- start, beginning
- origins, background, person (or item) originating from ..., graduate of ..., native of ..., member of ... (lineage)
- architectural member that projects outward
- highest point of the stern of a ship
- amount (comprising something), amount of time or effort required to do something
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- whale (Cetacea spp.)
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) counter usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) suffix archaic
- swing, shake, wave, swinging
- appearance, behaviour
- pretence (pretense), show, pretending (to)
- going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
- move (dance), postures
- lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question), lead up
- unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment
- counter for swords, blades, etc.
- not wearing underwear or pants
popular JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone adverb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- generally, on the whole, mostly, almost, nearly, approximately, roughly, about
- general, rough
- outline, main points, gist, substance, essence
- in the first place, first and foremost, from the start, to begin with
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cotton plant (Gossypium spp.)
- batting, wadding, padding
็ผ้กใใใญmeganepopular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- glasses, eyeglasses, spectacles
- judgment, judgement, discrimination, discernment, insight
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)
- contest, comparison, competition