popular  ateji  rarely used kanji form  search-only kanji form  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  な adjective  adjective (generic)  slang  noun (prefix)  noun (suffix)  abbreviation 

• idiot, moron, fool
• stupid, foolish, dull, absurd, ridiculous
• trivial, insignificant, disappointing
• malfunctioning, defective, losing sensation
• incredibly, unusually, exceptionally
• fervent enthusiast, nut, person singularly obsessed with something
• Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell)

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun (prefix) 

• special quality, class or grade

popular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  noun (prefix) 

• below, down, under, younger (e.g. daughter)
• bottom
• beneath, underneath
• just after, right after
• inferiority, one's inferior (i.e. one's junior)
• trade-in
• preliminary, preparatory

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun (prefix)  slang  Kansai-ben  suffix 

• circle
• entirety, whole, full, complete
• money, dough, moola
• enclosure inside a castle's walls
• soft-shelled turtle
• suffix for ship names, suffix for names of people (esp. infants), suffix for names of swords, armour, musical instruments, etc., suffix for names of dogs, horses, etc.

popular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun (prefix) 

• sky, the air, the heavens
• weather
• far-off place, distant place
• state of mind, feeling
• (from) memory, (by) heart
• falsehood, lie
• somehow, vaguely
• fake

popular  noun (prefix)  noun (generic)  noun (suffix)  dated term  noun  adverb 

• last (i.e. immediately preceding), previous, ex-, former
• pre- (e.g. premodern)
• before
• before, earlier

popular  obsolete kanji  noun  noun (generic)  noun (prefix) 

• versus, against, vs., v.
• to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180)
• toward ..., to ..., with ..., against ..., anti-
• equal footing, equal terms
• opposite

popular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun (prefix) 

• wind, breeze, draught, draft
• manner, behaviour, behavior
• cold, influenza

popular  JLPT N1  mathematics  noun  noun (generic)  noun (prefix)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• sum
• harmony, peace
• Japan, Japanese-style

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun (prefix)  usually written using kana alone  suffix 

• together with
• same
• both, all, neither, none
• including ...