List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic) abbreviation usually written using kana alone
- Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama)
- Inari shrine, Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto)
- fox (said to be messengers of Inari)
- fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes)
- inarizushi
popular usually written using kana alone colloquial noun noun (generic)
- gun, pistol
- ohajiki, traditional children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped pieces of coloured glass or plastic
- repellence
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb usually written using kana alone sports
- to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.), to puff on, to puff out (smoke)
- to rev (an engine), to race
- to put on (an air of), to act in a ... way, to behave as, to play (the role of)
- to shoot (a ball) too high, to blast over the bar
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone adverb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- wholly, solely, entirely, exclusively, devotedly, fixedly
- principally, mostly, chiefly, mainly
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) adverb particle
- extent, degree, measure
- limit, bounds
- (span of) time
- (a) distance
- the state of, the status of, the condition of
- about, around, approximately, or so
- as much as ..., to the extent of ..., like ...
- the more ... the more ...
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to supply (goods, money, etc.), to cover (costs), to pay, to finance, to maintain (e.g. a family)
- to give board, to provide meals
popular gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- rose
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- prawn, shrimp, lobster
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be needed, to be necessary, to be required, to be wanted, to need, to want
popular rarely used kanji form abbreviation usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce