List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) statistics
- unevenness (e.g. in quality), inconstancy, variation, lack of uniformity
- dispersion, scatter, spread, variability
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone adverb
- carefully, closely
- very, extremely, exceedingly
- have no choice, cannot be helped, unavoidable, inevitable
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to stagnate
- to settle (at the bottom), to deposit, to be sedimented
- to become sluggish, to become dull, to become stale
- to be delayed, to hesitate, to falter, to stammer, to stumble
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone pronoun adverb noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic) intransitive verb ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun
- here and there, various places, all around, all over, everywhere, throughout
- muddled, confused, in the wrong order, back to front
popular usually written using kana alone adverb
- (not) necessarily, (not) entirely, (not) altogether
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb pronoun
- this and that, this or that, one thing or another, this way and that
- around, about, round about, roughly, nearly, almost
popular search-only kana form ateji yojijukugo usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- indefinite, hazy, vague, unsettled, undecided
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N1 polite language usually written using kana alone expression auxiliary verb verb (generic) dated term
- to be, to exist
- to be (doing)
- did, (have) done
popular usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- funny, amusing, comical, laughable, ridiculous
- strange, odd, funny, peculiar, weird, wrong, unusual, eccentric
- wrong, unsuitable, improper, inappropriate, unbecoming
- suspicious
popular search-only kana form search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone interjection
- good morning