List: Core Japanese words

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N2  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• ugly, unattractive, bad-looking
• unsightly, unseemly, disgraceful, shameful, dishonorable

Wordpopular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N5  な adjective  adjective (generic)  usually written using kana alone 

• pretty, lovely, beautiful, fair
• clean, clear, pure, tidy, neat
• completely, entirely

Wordpopular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N5  い adjective  adjective (generic)  interjection 

• bad, poor, undesirable
• poor (quality), inferior, insufficient
• evil, sinful
• ugly, not beautiful
• at fault, to blame, in the wrong
• bad (at doing something)
• unprofitable, unbeneficial
• sorry, (my) bad, unforgivable

Wordpopular  obsolete reading  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N3  い adjective  adjective (generic)  suffix 

• good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable
• sufficient, enough, ready, prepared
• profitable (deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial
• OK, all right, fine, no problem
• easy to ...

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• big, large, great
• loud
• extensive, spacious
• important, decisive, valuable
• older, grown up

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• small, little, tiny
• slight, below average (in degree, amount, etc.), minor, small
• low (e.g. sound), soft (e.g. voice)
• unimportant, petty, insignificant, trifling, trivial
• young, juvenile

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• near, close, short (distance)
• close (in time), soon
• close (relationship), friendly, intimate
• closely related
• similar, almost the same, close to, nearly

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• far, distant, far away, a long way off, in the distance
• distant (past), remote (in time), remote, far-removed (in time)
• distant (relationship or kinship), having little to do (with someone)
• far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.), not similar, way off
• hard (of hearing)
• nearsighted

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N5  adverb 

• a little, a bit, a small amount, a few, some, slightly, somewhat
• a little while, a short time, a moment, a minute
• a little way, a short distance

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  usually written using kana alone  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  な adjective  noun  noun (generic)  adverb  noun (suffix) 

• a lot, lots, plenty, many, a large number, much, a great deal, a good deal
• enough, sufficient
• enough, too many, too much