List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
irregular okurigana usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cat's cradle
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) prefix
- remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting)
- flaw (esp. of a person), fault, defect
- rice chaff
- rough
- crude, raw, natural, wild
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- common raccoon (Procyon lotor)
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- all, every
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone interjection
- thank you, thanks
usually written using kana alone adverb
- not long after, before long
rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone adverb noun noun (generic)
- unwillingly, reluctantly, grudgingly
- shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
usually written using kana alone adverb
- reluctantly
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb
- more and more, all the more, increasingly
- at last, finally, beyond doubt
- (at the) last moment, worst possible time
usually written using kana alone ใใ adjective adjective (generic) adverb taking the ใจ particle
- gloomy, melancholy, pessimistic