List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
irregular okurigana rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to glitter, to sparkle, to twinkle, to glisten, to gleam, to glint
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to smoke, to smoulder, to smolder, to sputter
- to be sooty, to be smoke-stained
- to smoulder (e.g. a dispute), to smolder
- to seclude oneself
- to live in obscurity, to stay in the same level (of social position, circumstances, etc.)
gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- jellyfish
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- languid, listless
obsolete kanji usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to fall over, to fall down, to fall, to collapse
- to flop (e.g. of a play), to be a flop
usually written using kana alone adverb
- alternately, in succession
search-only kana form rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone adverb taking the ใจ particle ใใ adjective adjective (generic)
- (flowing) copiously
search-only kana form usually written using kana alone ใใ adjective adjective (generic) adverb taking the ใจ particle
- thundering, roaring, rumbling, booming
search-only kana form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sycophancy, toadying, apple-polishing, brown-nosing, sycophant, flatterer, toady, apple-polisher, brown-noser, ass-kisser
- sesame seed grinding