List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
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 rarely used kanji form 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 search-only kana form search-only kanji form JLPT N5 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb polite language usually written using kana alone colloquial intransitive verb finance auxiliary verb suffix humble language
- to raise, to elevate
- to move something (to a higher place), to put onto (e.g. a shelf)
- to increase (price, quality, status, etc.), to raise (a wage)
- to show someone (into a room), to let in (e.g. a guest)
- to give
- to enrol (one's child in school), to enroll, to send (one's child; e.g. to college)
- to develop (talent, skill, etc.), to improve
- to earn (something desirable), to achieve (e.g. a good result), to obtain
- to promote (someone)
- to complete, to finish
- to make (a loud sound), to raise (one's voice)
- to raise (one's gaze), to lift up (one's face), to look up
- to do up (one's hair)
- to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.)
- to praise, to commend, to flatter
- to make do (with less expenses than expected), to cover expenses (with a given amount), to set costs
- to finish (one's studies), to complete (a lesson), to pass (e.g. a class)
- to upload (e.g. an image), to publish (on the internet), to post
- to raise someone's spirits, to cheer someone up, to enhance a mood
- (of the tide) to come in, to rise
- to increase (of market price), to rise (of stock prices)
- to vomit, to throw up
- 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
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone auxiliary noun noun (generic) sumo
- should (be), bound (to be), expected (to be), must (be)
- nock (of a bow)
- nock (of an arrow)
- nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger)
- wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out