List: noun (generic)

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation  usually written using kana alone 

• cherry tree, cherry blossom, sakura
• light pink
• fake buyer, paid audience, shill, seat filler
• hired applauder
• horse meat

popular  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic) 

• way, method, means, resource, course

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic) 

• real condition, actual circumstances, actual state of affairs

popular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic) 

• head (of a line, group, etc.), front, lead, forefront, vanguard

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic) 

• typhoon, hurricane

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• friend, companion, comrade, pal
• accompaniment, companion (e.g. book), complement, accessory

popular  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation 

• play, playing, game
• pleasure, amusement, pastime, recreation, diversion
• play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel)
• flexibility (in a performance, art, etc.), freedom
• flyleaf

popular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• reserve, spare
• preparation, preliminaries

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• day of the week

popular  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic) 

• leaf, blade (of grass), (pine) needle