List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- yellowback sea bream (Taius tumifrons), yellow porgy
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Parnassia foliosa (species of flowering herb)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Salvia glabrescens (species of sage)
usually written using kana alone Internet slang interjection
- calm down
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Viola verecunda (violet species)
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- powdered bean paste, dried bean paste
rarely used kanji form colloquial usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to make, to manufacture, to fabricate
- to build, to construct
- to prepare, to get ready, to make (in advance)
- to dress (oneself in), to dress up (in), to put on (one's makeup, a dress, etc.), to adorn (oneself in)
- to raise money (for), to gather (money), to save up, to incur (a debt)
- to have (a child, partner, lover, etc.), to make (a friend), to start (an affair)
- to make up (e.g. an excuse), to fabricate (a story), to invent, to concoct
usually written using kana alone dated term adverb
- indeed, truly, really
formal or literary term usually written using kana alone expression
- may, might, perhaps, may be, possibly