List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- scale (of fish, snake, etc.)
- serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
popular search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- wax
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor), Japanese green pheasant
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb suffix
- to digest
- to break down, to break to pieces, to crush
- to be able to use, to be good at, to have a good command of
- to finish, to complete, to manage, to perform
- to sell
- to do ... well, to do ... completely
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) adverb noun (suffix)
- how much
- something over, and something, -odd
- however (much), no matter how
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- mouse, rat
- dark gray, slate gray
่่ใใkumopopular gikun or jukujikun obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- spider
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) colloquial archaic 'ku' adjective (archaic) adjective (generic)
- without
- unacceptable, not alright, unsatisfactory
- nonexistent, not being (there)
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chinese silvergrass (Miscanthus sinensis), maiden grass, susuki grass
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- a certain ..., some ...