List: Essential

Wordpopular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N2  usually written using kana alone  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb 

• stylish, fashionable, trendy, chic, smartly dressed, careful about one's appearance
• dressing (oneself) up, dressing smartly, dressing nicely, making oneself look attractive
• fashionable dresser, smartly dressed person

Wordpopular  onomatopoeic or mimetic word  adverb  adverb taking the と particle  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  noun (generic) 

• with a rustling sound
• rippling (of a stream, etc.), murmuring, purling
• slurping down (ochazuke)
• quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter), with ease, smoothly, fluently
• smooth and dry (hair, sand, etc.), silky, powdery (e.g. snow), free-flowing (e.g. blood)

Wordpopular  irregular kanji usage  JLPT N4  Ichidan verb  verb (generic)  intransitive verb  dated term 

• to be heard, to be audible, to reach one's ears
• to sound (like), to come across (as)
• to be well known, to be famous
• to accept (someone's words), to agree, to understand

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  Ichidan verb  verb (generic)  intransitive verb 

• to stream, to flow (liquid, time, etc.), to run (ink)
• to be washed away, to be carried
• to drift, to float (e.g. clouds), to wander, to stray
• to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire), to spread, to circulate
• to be heard (e.g. music), to be played
• to lapse (e.g. into indolence, despair)
• to pass, to elapse, to be transmitted
• to be called off, to be forfeited
• to disappear, to be removed

Wordexpression  Ichidan verb  verb (generic) 

• to make a sound

Wordpopular  obsolete reading  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• sea, ocean, waters

Wordpopular  particle  conjunction  colloquial  dated term  archaic 

• from, since, at
• through (e.g. a window, door), via, by, from
• because, as, since, so, therefore
• from (as in "made from"), of (as in "consisting of"), out of
• from (as in "a quotation from a book"), out of (as in "out of 10 people"), from among
• after (doing), since
• from, by (as in "getting scolded by")
• from (e.g. one's viewpoint), based on, according to, in (e.g. one's eyes), by
• because of, from, out of (curiosity, necessity, etc.), due to, by, owing to
• as much as, upwards of, at least, more than
• marks the starting state of a change
• expresses warning, sympathy, excitement or determination, emphasizes the previous statement
• trails off with an implied reason or consequence left unstated, so ...
• even, to begin with, even ..., right from ..., starting with ... (let alone)
• it is precisely due to ... (one can't), it is because ...
• now that, since, so long as, because
• so, therefore, accordingly, consequently, on those grounds, that is why, for that reason
• just from (doing), simply by
• by, with, by means of, via

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N5  usually written using kana alone  pronoun 

• here, this place
• this point, here, now
• these past ... (e.g. three years), these last ...
• the next ... (e.g. few days), these next ...

Wordpopular  search-only kanji form  particle  female term 

• indicates possessive
• nominalizes verbs and adjectives
• substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
• indicates a confident conclusion
• indicates emotional emphasis
• indicates question

Wordpopular  irregular reading  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  な adjective  adjective (generic) 

• happiness, good fortune, luck, blessing