List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
่นใใซkanipopular search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- crab
่้บฆใใฐsobapopular gikun or jukujikun obsolete reading search-only kana form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) abbreviation food, cooking
- buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
- soba, Japanese buckwheat noodles
- Chinese-style wheat noodles
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- leaflet, flyer, handbill
- scattering
- sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top
- writing in an irregular hand
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone conjunction
- that is (to say), namely, i.e.
- precisely, exactly, just, nothing but, neither more nor less
- (and) then
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) ใช adjective noun noun (generic) adverb noun (suffix)
- a lot, lots, plenty, many, a large number, much, a great deal, a good deal
- enough, sufficient
- enough, too many, too much
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- daffodil (esp. Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis), narcissus
popular abbreviation usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- pickled daikon radish
popular usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ noun noun (generic)
- distorted, crooked, irregular, warped
- oval, elliptical shape
- round, wooden container for cooked rice
- oval coin
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- leopard (Panthera pardus)
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb usually written using kana alone
- to be caught, to be arrested
- to hold on to, to grasp
- to find (e.g. proof), to get (e.g. a taxi)
- to be detained by