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)
- Buddha
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- screw
- key (of a clock, watch, etc.), spring
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) adverb
- as (it is), remaining (in a state), keeping (the same), leaving (unchanged)
- with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on), while (e.g. standing, alive), as
- as (one pleases, one is told, etc.), according to
- sic
rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone humble language noun noun (generic) colloquial
- son
- punk, brat
- penis
rarely used kanji form onomatopoeic or mimetic word usually written using kana alone adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle
- carefully, closely, attentively, profoundly, deeply, at length
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone conjunction interjection
- well, now, then
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- rickets
- person with rickets, hunchback
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to gouge, to hollow out, to bore, to excavate, to scoop out
- to greatly perturb, to cause emotional pain
- to get to the bottom of things, to relentlessly bring the truth to light
search-only kana form rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- mosquito larva, wriggler, maggot
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to boil, to seethe
- to be oppressed by heat