
Nen (Hatsu) is the manipulation of one's aura.
| En | the spread of aura into the air to feel and locate other Nen users |
| Gyo | ability to see the body aura of a Nen user or materials bearing Nen; this can be done by accumulating aura in the eyes |
| Ren | is the ability to make the flow of aura around the body more extreme than usual |
| Ten | the ability to keep the aura from escaping into the air; can make the body much stronger |
| Zetsu | ability to stop the aura from flowing around the body; commonly used in spying |
| Reinforcement (Kyouka) |
can give force to objects |
| Emission (Houshutsu) |
can spread out aura away from the body (flying aura, etc.) |
| Transformation (Henka) |
can make the properties of aura change |
| Manipulation (Sousa) |
can manipulate living beings |
| Materialization (Gugenka) |
can create objects out of the aura |
| Specification (Tokushitsu) |
aura that particularly possesses attributes that is different from the first five categories |