List: noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• environment, surroundings, circumstances

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

• supervision, control, superintendence, direction
• director, superintendent, supervisor, coach, foreman, manager, overseer, controller, boss

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

• control, management (e.g. of a business)

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

• cause, origin, source

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

• principle, general rule
• as a rule, in principle, in general

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  adverb  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  noun (suffix)  grammar  Buddhism  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb 

• the present, present time, now
• as of
• present tense
• this world, this life
• to actually exist, to exist right now, to exist right in front of one

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• reality, actuality, hard fact

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• actual spot, scene (of a crime, accident, etc.)
• (on) site, (on) the ground, (in) the field, job site
• filming location, (movie) set

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic) 

• actual place, actual location, the spot, the scene, the field, (on) site
• place where one is currently living

popular  obsolete reading  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• language, dialect
• word, phrase, expression, term
• speech, (manner of) speaking, (use of) language
• words, remark, statement, comment
• learning to speak, language acquisition