List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone familiar language noun noun (generic) Hokkaido-ben
- one's father, one's old man, dad, pops
- middle-aged (or older) man, old man, geezer
- one's boss
- proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.), landlord
- grizzly bear
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- means of making contact, intermediary, go-between
- connections, influence, pull, good offices
popular search-only kana form search-only kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- windmill, wind turbine
- pinwheel (toy), windmill (toy)
- Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)
popular usually written using kana alone abbreviation noun noun (generic)
- protein
- egg white, albumen, albumin
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb usually written using kana alone
- to meet, to encounter, to see
- to have an accident, to have a bad experience
popular obsolete kanji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- firefly (Luciola cruciata), lightning bug, glowworm
popular search-only kana form chemistry noun noun (generic) abbreviation usually written using kana alone
- carbonic acid
- carbonated water, carbonated drink
- baking soda, sodium carbonate
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone adverb
- (cannot) possibly, (not) by any means, (not) at all, utterly, absolutely
popular obsolete kanji Buddhism noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone abbreviation
- Amitabha (Buddha), Amida
- ghostleg lottery, ladder lottery, lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner
- wearing a hat pushed back on one's head