List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- wrinkle, crease
- ripple
popular obsolete reading obsolete kanji JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone pronoun
- where, what place
- how much (long, far), what extent
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 medicine noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb usually written using kana alone
- paralysis, palsy, stupor
- numbness, loss of sensation
- standstill, state of paralysis, inability to take action
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- moss
- short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) adverb noun (suffix)
- once, one time
- exclusively, only, alone
popular search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression noun noun (generic) adverb
- how long, how far, how much
gairaigo English origin popular ateji JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- (formal) shirt, dress shirt, business shirt, button-up shirt
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) adverb noun (suffix)
- (approximate) time, around, about, toward
- suitable time (or condition)
- time of year, season
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to step aside, to move (out of the way), to make way
- to resign, to retire, to quit, to secede
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- acquired immune deficiency syndrome, AIDS