popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb  chemistry  astronomy 

• meeting, assembly, gathering
• association
• conjunction

popular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb  intransitive verb 

• breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.), dispersal (e.g. of a crowd)
• dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.), winding-up, disbandment, split-up
• dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)

popular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb  intransitive verb 

• reply, answer

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb  intransitive verb  usually written using kana alone 

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

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb  intransitive verb 

• start, commencement, beginning, initiation

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb  intransitive verb 

• relief, mitigation, alleviation, relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.), easing, softening

popular  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb  intransitive verb  biology 

• competition, contest, rivalry, race
• competition (between organisms or species)

popular  JLPT N3  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  な adjective  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb  noun (suffix) 

• common, shared, mutual
• to be common (to), to be shared (by)
• -wide

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

• settlement of accounts, closing accounts, financial results, reporting (of accounts)

popular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb 

• marriage