popular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic) 

• policy, course, plan (of action), principle
• magnetic needle

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• method, way, manner, process, procedure, means, measure

popular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation  archaic 

• north
• the North, northern territories
• North Korea
• north wind

popular  obsolete reading  noun  noun (generic) 

• head office, main office, headquarters, parent company
• main shrine
• this company, this shrine

popular  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic) 

• headquarters, head office, main office

popular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

• every day

popular  JLPT N2  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic) 

• private, non-governmental, non-official, civilian, civil
• folk, popular

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation 

• democracy, popular sovereignty
• Democratic Party of Japan (1998-2016)

popular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic) 

• tree, shrub, bush
• wood, timber
• wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic) 

• purpose, goal, aim, objective, intention