List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone expression noun noun (generic) adverb
- everywhere, all over, throughout
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to pinch, to hold (between one's fingers), to pick up (with chopsticks, tweezers, etc.)
- to pick up and eat, to snack on
- to pick out (the main point), to summarize, to sum up
- to bewitch, to possess, to fascinate
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb noun noun (generic) archaic
- that is to say, that is, in other words, I mean, that (this, it) means
- in short, in brief, to sum up, ultimately, in the end, in the long run, when all is said and done, what it all comes down to, when you get right down to it, basically
- clogging, obstruction, stuffing, (degree of) blockage
- shrinkage
- end, conclusion
- dead end, corner
- distress, being at the end of one's rope
popular search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- exterior, surface, outside
- outward appearance, looks
popular noun noun (generic) ใช adjective adjective (generic) usually written using kana alone
- regret
- flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) card games
- old woman
- joker (in old maid)
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ใใใusagipopular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form irregular kanji usage JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- rabbit, hare, coney, cony, lagomorph (esp. leporids)
popular search-only kana form search-only kanji form JLPT N4 food, cooking noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone derogatory slang jocular, humorous term expression
- miso, fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans
- innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso
- key point, main point, good part (of something)
- weakling, weak person
- try
popular search-only kana form ateji JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- cute, adorable, charming, lovely, pretty
- dear, precious, darling, pet
- innocent, childlike, childish, lovable
- dainty, little, tiny
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb noun noun (generic)
- here and there, in places