List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) adverb usually written using kana alone
- (in the) neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity, nearby, surroundings
- around, about, or thereabouts
- for instance, say, such as
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- eagle (Accipitridae family)
popular search-only kana form search-only kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone archaic
- pot, jar, vase
- dice cup
- depression, basin (e.g. of a waterfall)
- aim, what one wants, the mark
- key point (of a conversation, etc.), essence
- acupuncture point, moxibustion point, pressure point
- position on the fingerboard (of a shamisen, koto, etc.)
- target (when aiming an arrow)
popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family), martin
- barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- younger man involved with an older woman, boy toy
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- crow (Corvus spp.), raven
popular JLPT N1 abbreviation noun noun (generic) suffix usually written using kana alone noun (suffix)
- credit
- money owed on an account, bill
- hanger, holder, rest, rack, peg, hook, stand
- in the process of (doing), midway through, half-(done)
- on the verge of, just about to
- hot noodles in broth
- wholesale price as a proportion of the list price (in tenths)
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ทใใใกใomochapopular gikun or jukujikun search-only kana form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- toy
- (person or thing treated as a) plaything
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cancer
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- cotton (material)
- red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
popular search-only kana form noun noun (generic) abbreviation food, cooking usually written using kana alone go (game)
- grasping, gripping, grasp, grip, clutch
- handful, fistful
- handle, grip, knob
- onigiri, rice ball
- nigirizushi, hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.
- nigiri, determining who plays black by taking a handful of white stones and using one or two black stones to guess whether it is odd or even