List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- very, extremely, surprisingly, fairly, quite, considerably, awfully, terribly
- terrible, horrid, contemptible, reprehensible
- remarkable, extraordinary
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sea bream (esp. Pagrus major), porgy
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi)
- madder (red color)
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa), moutan
- wild boar (meat)
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic) archaic
- risky, dangerous, hazardous, perilous, close (e.g. game), narrow (e.g. victory)
- suggestive, bordering on the obscene, risquรฉ, delicate (e.g. question), questionable, shady
- extreme, harsh, cruel
popular irregular okurigana noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone slang
- thrust, charge, penetration
- digging into (a matter), depth
- straight man (of a comedy duo)
- quip, gibe, jab, dig, retort, riposte, comeback
- putting everything together, including everything
- (penetrative) sex, intercourse
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- evergreen spindle (Euonymus japonicus), Japanese spindle tree
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 rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression noun noun (generic) adverb
- everywhere, all over, throughout