List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb
- so to speak, so to call it, as it were
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- wife
- garnish (esp. one served with sashimi), trimmings
- accompaniment, side (remark)
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- male (animal, plant)
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb usually written using kana alone
- betterment, improvement
- kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
ๅฑฑใใพyamapopular search-only kana form JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) counter slang usually written using kana alone card games mahjong noun (prefix)
- mountain, hill
- mine
- (mountain) forest
- heap, pile, stack, mountain
- protruding or high part of an object, crown (of a hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire)
- climax, peak, critical point
- guess, speculation, gamble
- (criminal) case, crime
- mountain climbing, mountaineering
- festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd)
- deck (from which players draw cards), draw pile, stock
- wall, wall tile
- wild
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- island
- one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.), one's turf
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) adverb usually written using kana alone
- one person
- being alone, being by oneself
- being single, being unmarried
- by oneself, alone
- just, only, simply
popular JLPT N3 pronoun colloquial usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) adverb interjection
- what
- you-know-what, that thing
- whatsit, whachamacallit, what's-his-name, what's-her-name
- penis, (one's) thing, dick
- (not) at all, (not) in the slightest
- what?, huh?
- hey!, come on!
- oh, no (it's fine), why (it's nothing), oh (certainly not)
popular noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone archaic
- face, mug
- surface
- cheek meat
- cheek, cheeks
- surrounding area
็ฌใใฌinupopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) derogatory usually written using kana alone noun (prefix)
- dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris)
- squealer, rat, snitch, informer, informant, spy
- loser, asshole
- counterfeit, inferior, useless, wasteful