List: Words with pictures

Wordgairaigo  Chinese origin  popular  irregular reading  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• ramen, Chinese-style noodles

Wordgairaigo  Dutch origin  popular  noun  noun (generic) 

• randoseru, firm-sided leather (or synthetic leather) backpack used by elementary school children

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix)  Buddhism  Christianity  abbreviation 

• love, affection, care
• attachment, craving, desire
• agape
• Ireland

Wordpopular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  historical term  counter 

• railway station, train station
• staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan)
• counter for railway stations and bus stations

Wordpopular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• yen (Japanese monetary unit)
• circle

Wordpopular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  derogatory  archaic 

• monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata), ape, non-human primate
• sly person
• idiot, hick
• sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
• clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
• bathhouse prostitute

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

• roof

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  search-only kanji form  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation  archaic 

• cart (esp. a food cart), stall, stand
• festival float, portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house, dancing platform
• stage prop fashioned after a large building
• framework (of a building), foundation
• house (esp. a small and miserable one)

Wordpopular  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• oyster, oyster shell

Wordpopular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic) 

• hot spring
• onsen, hot spring resort, hot spring spa