List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
obsolete kanji usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to fall over, to fall down, to fall, to collapse
- to flop (e.g. of a play), to be a flop
usually written using kana alone adverb
- alternately, in succession
search-only kana form rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone adverb taking the ใจ particle ใใ adjective adjective (generic)
- (flowing) copiously
search-only kana form usually written using kana alone ใใ adjective adjective (generic) adverb taking the ใจ particle
- thundering, roaring, rumbling, booming
search-only kana form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sycophancy, toadying, apple-polishing, brown-nosing, sycophant, flatterer, toady, apple-polisher, brown-noser, ass-kisser
- sesame seed grinding
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)
gikun or jukujikun obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese halfbeak (Hemiramphus sajori), stickleback
irregular kanji usage JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to carry off, to run away with, to sweep away, to snatch, to kidnap, to abduct
- to take entirely for oneself, to monopolize
usually written using kana alone adverb
- (not) at all, (not) in the least, (none) whatsoever
rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- custom, convention, tradition, mores, conventional practice