List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to undo, to untie, to unfasten, to unlace, to unravel, to loosen, to unpack
popular usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to come loose, to come untied, to come undone, to unravel
- to loosen up (e.g. tension)
่พๅญใใใkarashipopular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- mustard
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb computing mathematics food, cooking sports usually written using kana alone go (game)
- to open, to undo, to unseal, to unpack
- to bloom, to unfold, to spread out
- to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)
- to be wide (gap, etc.), to widen
- to hold (meeting, party, etc.), to give, to open
- to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.), to open (a new business), to set up, to establish, to start
- to open (ports, borders, etc.)
- to open (an account)
- to open up (new land, path, etc.), to clear, to develop
- to open (a file, etc.)
- to extract (root), to reduce (equation)
- to cut open (fish)
- to change (kanji into hiragana)
- to flare (e.g. skirt)
- to slacken (into a poor posture)
- to extend
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) usually written using kana alone adverb
- another place, some other place, somewhere else, outside
- another (person or thing), other, different, something else, someone else, the rest, et al.
- beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.), outside
- except, but, other than, apart from
- besides, in addition to, as well as, on top of
popular rarely used kana form rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone adverb
- as if, as it were, as though
- right then, just then, at that moment
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to tie up, to tie together, to bind, to bundle, to fasten
- to hang (oneself)
- to summarize, to put (it all) together, to consolidate
- to estimate, to expect
- to tie-dye
- to detain, to check, to restrain
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- brackets, parentheses
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bag, satchel, briefcase, basket
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to shout, to cry (out), to yell, to scream, to clamour