List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb usually written using kana alone
- to cross over, to go across
- to extend, to cover, to range, to span
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) colloquial food, cooking
- string, cord
- leash
- man who is financially dependent on a woman, gigolo, pimp
- restrictions, conditions
- mantle (shellfish, etc.)
- small intestine (beef, pork), oviduct meat (chicken)
้็ฃจใ ใใพdarumapopular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- daruma, tumbling doll, round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted
- Bodhidharma
- prostitute
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), oceanic bonito, victorfish
popular search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cherry (fruit; esp. of the sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sake cup
- small deep porcelain bowl for serving food
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- abalone, ear shell
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- cold, short, curt, blunt
popular JLPT N5 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb polite language usually written using kana alone intransitive verb auxiliary verb suffix humble language
- to raise, to elevate
- to do up (one's hair)
- to fly (a kite, etc.), to launch (fireworks, etc.), to surface (a submarine, etc.)
- to land (a boat)
- to deep-fry
- to show someone (into a room)
- to give
- to send someone (away)
- to enrol (one's child in school), to enroll
- to increase (price, quality, status, etc.), to develop (talent, skill), to improve
- to make (a loud sound), to raise (one's voice)
- to earn (something desirable)
- to praise
- to give (an example, etc.), to cite
- to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.)
- to arrest
- to nominate
- to summon (for geishas, etc.)
- to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.)
- to bear (a child)
- to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding)
- (of the tide) to come in
- to vomit
- to do for (the sake of someone else)
- to complete ...
- to humbly do ...
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- stain, spot, smudge, blot, smear, blotch
- spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot), blemish, discoloration, freckle