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 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
popular search-only kana form usually written using kana alone interjection
- I'm beaten, I give up, touchรฉ, you've got me there
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- dizzying (speed, changes, etc.), rapid, drastic, bewildering, hectic, bustling (e.g. world)
popular usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- needless
popular noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone go (game)
- patch, patching
- join, joining
- successor, heir
- connection