List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- falcon (esp. the peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus)
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
popular noun noun (generic) sumo noun (suffix) usually written using kana alone go (game)
- fall, decline, lowering, hanging down, drooping, slanting (downward)
- string apron, ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt
- food offering to the gods, leftovers, hand-me-downs
- leaving (one's master's place for home)
- a little after ...
- sagari, to extend a group of stones towards the edge of the board
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb usually written using kana alone
- to go around, to make a circle around
- to surround, to circle, to enclose
- to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.), to return, to repeat, to circulate (of blood, money, etc.)
- to travel around, to make a tour of
- to concern (a matter), to surround
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- young bird, chick, fledgling
- greenhorn, fledgeling, novice, rookie, juvenile
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- sleeve
- wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
- flap (of a dust jacket)
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)