List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone colloquial noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă
- 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
èą«ăăă¶ăkaburupopular 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 ă 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
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese fir (Abies firma), momi fir
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb auxiliary verb
- to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)
- to hang
- to come into view, to arrive
- to come under (a contract, a tax)
- to start (engines, motors)
- to attend, to deal with, to handle
- to have started to, to be on the verge of
- to overlap (e.g. information in a manual), to cover
- to (come) at
- to be fastened
- to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.)
- to be caught in
- to get a call
- to depend on
- to begin (a task), to set about (doing), to get down to
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- mushroom