List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular usually written using kana alone pronoun
- beyond, across, the other side, the distance
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bump, lump, protuberance, swelling
popular JLPT N2 abbreviation usually written using kana alone interjection honorific language noun noun (generic)
- (please) try to
- (please) look
- seeing, looking, watching
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb usually written using kana alone suffix
- to form, to make, to constitute
- to build up (e.g. a fortune), to create, to establish
- to accomplish, to achieve, to win (fame), to gain
- to change (into), to convert
- to do, to commit, to carry out, to bring about
- to do intentionally
popular search-only kana form search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) derogatory dated term usually written using kana alone slang Internet slang
- Buddhist nun
- Catholic nun, sister
- bitch
- Amagasaki (city in Hyogo Prefecture)
- Amazon (online retailer)
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa)
- yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata)
- Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus)
- printing block
- catalpa bow
- catalpa medium
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb colloquial usually written using kana alone go (game)
- to slide, to glide, to skate, to ski
- to slip, to skid
- to be slippery
- to fail (an examination)
- to lose (a position), to be demoted
- to bomb (when telling a joke), to fall flat
- to slide (move)
popular usually written using kana alone conjunction
- therefore, consequently
popular usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- small, little, tiny, insignificant, humble, modest, meagre, meager
popular noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- athlete's foot
- water boatman (esp. species Hesperocorixa distanti)
- Asellus hilgendorfi (species of aquatic sowbug)