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 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to jest, to joke, to play the fool, to talk foolishly
- to act indecently, to be silly over
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb auxiliary verb
- to be (of animate objects), to exist
- to stay
- to be ...-ing
- to have ...-ed, to be ...-ed
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cockscomb, comb, crest
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
Buddhism noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone go (game)
- kalpa (eon, aeon)
- ko, position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones
popular rarely used kanji form derogatory familiar language usually written using kana alone pronoun interjection
- he, she, this fellow, this guy, this person
- this, this one, this thing
- hey, you!, you bastard!, damn you!
JLPT N1 archaic usually written using kana alone particle
- how!, what!, alas!
usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to make narrower, to shut (an umbrella), to shrug (one's shoulders), to purse (one's lips)
usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to sell well, to sell out
- to be worldly and understanding, to be sensible, to be straightforward, to be frank
- to be sorted out, to be put in order, to be resolved, to be dealt with
search-only kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- tumour, tumor, growth, boil, ulcer, abscess, rash, pimple