List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb noun or participle taking the aux. verb する verb (generic) noun (generic) noun
- sticky, gluey, gummy, glutinous, viscous, gooey, greasy
- stickiness, something sticky
irregular kanji usage search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression adverb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- win or lose, sink or swim, make or break, all or nothing
search-only kanji form rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone い adjective adjective (generic)
- quick, rapid, swift, satisfactory
popular rarely used kanji form irregular okurigana JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to fit, to get into, to go into, to be fitted with (e.g. door with a window)
- to be fit for (a job, etc.), to be suited for, to satisfy (conditions)
- to fall into, to plunge into, to get stuck, to get caught
- to be deceived, to be taken in, to fall into a trap
- to get addicted to, to get deep into, to become crazy about, to become stuck on
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
obsolete kanji search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone adverb adverb taking the と particle
- from afar, over a great distance, all the way
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bundle, pack, bunch
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to twirl, to spin
- to fiddle with, to change (e.g. wording)
usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become twisted, to grow distorted, to be curved, to bend
- to get sulky, to sulk
- to grow bitter, to become embittered, to become perverse
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) derogatory
- baboon
- lecher, dirty old man, skirt-chaser