List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular noun noun (generic) abbreviation usually written using kana alone
- white gem (esp. a pearl)
- rice flour dumpling
- white-flowered camellia
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- black swan (Cygnus atratus)
popular usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- open, public, overt, free, unreserved, uninhibited
popular noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone colloquial noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ
- seducer, smooth talker, ladies' man, playboy, playgirl
- picking up women, hitting on women
- moderate party, moderate
- social story (in a newspaper, etc.), society columnist (of a newspaper)
- bearish trader, bear
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- outline, summary, argument
่ขซใใใถใkaburupopular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb archaic
- to put on (one's head), to wear, to have on, to pull over (one's head), to crown (oneself)
- to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.), to pour (water, etc.) on oneself, to dash on oneself, to ship water
- to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.), to take (blame), to assume (responsibility), to shoulder (burden)
- to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
- to be similar, to be redundant
- to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.)
- to close, to come to an end
- to get a full house, to sell out
- to blunder, to bungle, to fail
- to be deceived
popular obsolete reading JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- grape, grapevine
popular usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- greasy, fatty, oily
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- gong, tam-tam
popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus), Japanese sweet coltsfoot