List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
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
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone conjunction
- and, like that
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone adverb
- indirectly, obliquely, implicitly, by implication, in a roundabout way, casually
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to resound, to reverberate
- to make a stir
JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to beat, to attack (an enemy), to do away with, to finish off
rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone go (game)
- sliding, slipping
- slide, "slide" under the opponents stones by playing a move (usually keima or ogeima) on the second line
ateji rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) derogatory
- extreme, terrible, excessive
- absurd, unreasonable, foolish
- fool, idiot
usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ noun (generic) adverb
- having had enough (of), fed up (with), sick and tired (of)
- to learn one's lesson, to learn from a bad experience