List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular search-only kana form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) colloquial suffix
- fool, idiot
- dotage, senility, dementia
- touched in the head (from), out of it (from), feeling sluggish (from), not yet up to par (after)
- funny man (of a comedy duo)
popular usually written using kana alone adverb
- before one's own eyes, from under one's very nose, without doing anything, without resistance, helplessly, negligently, knowingly
popular JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone adverb
- if, in case, supposing
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone expression adverb
- perhaps, maybe, perchance, by some chance, by any chance
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb
- perhaps, possibly, maybe, by some chance
popular usually written using kana alone expression kuru verb verb (generic)
- to come along, to come around, to turn up
- to arrive at the present, to get where one is, to have been doing something (for a period of time)
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- making do, getting by (somehow), managing
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- giving and taking, exchange (of letters), arguing back and forth, (conversational) exchange
popular usually written using kana alone onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic)
- swaying, swinging, rocking, shaking, wavering, flickering
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- drool