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 noun noun (generic)
- turnip (Brassica rapa)
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- feces (esp. animal), excrement, dung
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga), myoga ginger, mioga ginger
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- knotweed (Polygonaceae), jointweed, smartweed
- water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper)
popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- common cattail (Typha latifolia), broadleaf cattail, common bulrush, great reedmace
popular rarely used kana form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to disentangle, to untangle, to unravel, to loosen
- to break up into pieces, to pick apart, to flake (a fish)
- to relieve, to ease, to relax
popular JLPT N4 humble language usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to go, to come, to call
- to be defeated, to collapse, to die
- to be annoyed, to be nonplussed
- to be madly in love
- to visit (shrine, grave)
popular JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- intention, plan, purpose, expectation
- belief, assumption, thought, conviction
- estimate, estimation, calculation
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) derogatory
- old man
- old geezer
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cotton rose (Hibiscus mutabilis), Confederate rose, dixie rosemallow
- lotus blossom