List: noun (generic)

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• valley, ravine, gorge, canyon

popular  JLPT N5  adverb  noun  noun (generic) 

• every year, yearly, annually

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic) 

• amount sold, sales, proceeds, takings, turnover

popular  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  abbreviation 

• substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing
• stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor
• compensation, exchange, return
• another helping, second helping, seconds, refill
• upcoming program, upcoming programme

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

• neck
• head
• dismissal (from a job), firing, sacking

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic) 

• structure, construction, arrangement, contrivance, mechanism, workings
• plan, plot, contrivance

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• payment

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

• battle, war, fight, conflict
• fight (against time, poverty, etc.), struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.), war (e.g. on drugs), battle (e.g. against nature)
• contest, competition, match, game

popular  noun  noun (generic)  usually written using kana alone  go (game) 

• growth, development
• stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up)
• (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.)
• elongation, extension, carry (e.g. of sound), sustain
• nobi, solid extension, thick extension

popular  gikun or jukujikun  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• parents, both parents