List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular noun noun (generic) horse racing usually written using kana alone
- corner, section, point, part
- one horn
- pillar (of a group, system, etc.), member (of an organization, etc.)
- first corner
- narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) archaic
- hometown, birthplace, native place, one's old home
- ruins, historic remains
popular noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) usually written using kana alone slang
- popularity, favour, favor, reception
- defense, defence, reputation
- agreement
- receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
- bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 ใช adjective adjective (generic) usually written using kana alone interjection
- disliking, not wanting, unwilling (to do), reluctant
- unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty, horrible, disgusting, undesirable, unwelcome
- no!, quit it!, stop!
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to bear fruit
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone expression adverb
- any, anything, whatever, whatever one likes, everything, all
- I am told, I hear, I understand, they say
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- mark, sign
- symbol, emblem
- badge, crest, flag
- evidence, proof
- token (of gratitude, affection, etc.)
popular irregular kanji usage JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb
- together, jointly
- at the same time, with, as ..., including, along with
- both
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone go (game) fishing suffix
- hit
- success
- guess, prediction
- affability, friendliness
- sensation, touch
- bruise (on fruit)
- atari, situation in which a stone or chain of stones may be captured on the next move
- bite (of a fish on a hook), strike
- per, each
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) abbreviation usually written using kana alone slang
- cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus), feline
- shamisen
- geisha
- wheelbarrow
- clay bed-warmer
- bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)