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)
- reed screen
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- hooligan, layabout, good-for-nothing, gangster
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to lean against, to recline on
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone conjunction
- therefore, consequently, accordingly, for that reason
usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- easy-to-understand
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone adverb
- expressly, especially, specially, taking the trouble (to do), going to the trouble of (doing), going out of one's way (to do)
- intentionally, deliberately, on purpose
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- miserable, wretched, lonely, dreary, shabby, comfortless
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to stick, to get stuck, to get caught, to get jammed, to clog
- to be unavailable, to be busy, to be occupied, to be full
- to be piled up (e.g. of work)
- to halt (in one's speech), to stumble (over one's words), to stutter, to stammer
- to feel blocked (of one's chest or throat, due to grief, anxiety, illness, etc.), to feel pressure, to feel pain
popular ateji rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- happy, auspicious, propitious, joyous
- naive
search-only kana form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- female bird
- hen (female chicken)