Kanji: 物

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 8 (completion of 3rd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 3rd grade in Japan
Radical:	牛 Radical name: うし
Meaning:	Thing, object, matter
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 200 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	買(か)い物(もの)	Shopping
N5	果物(くだもの)	Fruit
N5	建物(たてもの)	building
N5	食(た)べ物(もの)	food
N5	動物(どうぶつ)	animal
N5	荷物(にもつ)	luggage
N5	飲(の)み物(もの)	a drink
N5	物(もの)	thing
N4	贈(おく)り物(もの)	gift
N4	着物(きもの)	kimono
N4	見物(けんぶつ)	sightseeing
N4	品物(しなもの)	goods
N4	動物園(どうぶつえん)	zoo
N4	乗(の)り物(もの)	vehicle
N4	忘(わす)れ物(もの)	lost article
N3	生(い)き物(もの)	living thing, animal
N3	穀物(こくもつ)	grain, cereal, corn
N3	作物(さくもつ)	produce (e.g. agricultural), crops
N3	植物(しょくぶつ)	plant, vegetation
N3	食物(しょくもつ)	food, foodstuff
N3	書物(しょもつ)	books
N3	人物(じんぶつ)	character, personality, person, man, personage, talented man
N3	生物(せいぶつ)	raw food
N3	博物館(はくぶつかん)	museum
N3	物価(ぶっか)	prices of commodities, prices (in general)
N3	物質(ぶっしつ)	material, substance
N3	物理(ぶつり)	physics
N3	本物(ほんもの)	genuine article
N3	物音(ものおと)	sounds
N3	物語(ものがたり)	tale, story, legend
N3	物事(ものごと)	things, everything
N2	編物(あみもの)	knitting, web
N2	入(い)れ物(もの)	container, case, receptacle
N2	落(おと)し物(もの)	lost property
N2	貨物(かもつ)	cargo, freight
N2	鉱物(こうぶつ)	mineral
N2	実物(じつぶつ)	real thing, original
N2	瀬戸物(せともの)	earthenware, crockery, china
N2	農産物(のうさんぶつ)	agricultural produce
N2	物騒(ぶっそう)	dangerous, disturbed, insecure
N2	名物(めいぶつ)	famous product, special product, speciality
N2	物置(ものおき)	storage room
N2	物語(ものがた)る	to tell, to indicate
N2	物差(ものさ)し	ruler, measure
N1	獲物(えもの)	game, spoils, trophy
N1	織物(おりもの)	textile, fabric
N1	贋物(がんぶつ)	imitation, counterfeit, forgery, sham
N1	禁物(きんもつ)	taboo, forbidden thing
N1	作物(さくぶつ)	literary work
N1	産物(さんぶつ)	product, result, fruit
N1	私物(しぶつ)	private property, personal effects
N1	出来物(できもの)	able man, tumour, growth, boil, ulcer, abcess, rash, pimple
N1	物資(ぶっし)	goods, materials
N1	物体(ぶったい)	body, object
N1	物議(ぶつぎ)	public discussion (criticism)
N1	干(ほ)し物(もの)	dried washing (clothes)
N1	見(み)せ物(もの)	show, exhibition
N1	物体(もったい)ない	too good, more than one deserves, wasteful, sacrilegious, unworthy of
N1	物置(ものお)き	storeroom
N1	物好(ものず)き	curiosity
N1	物足(ものた)りない	unsatisfied, unsatisfactory