List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone expression
- when it comes to ..., as for ...
popular rarely used kanji form polite language usually written using kana alone adverb noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic)
- please, if you would, would you mind
- somehow or other, one way or another
- whether (or not), if
- strange, (something is) wrong, (something is) off
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to remove, to move out of the way
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- elm tree (esp. the Japanese elm, Ulmus davidiana var. japonica)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone expression
- not only ... but (also), as well as ...
usually written using kana alone colloquial ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- clumsy, awkward, unskillful
- incompetent, inept, bungling, (socially) awkward, gawky, gauche
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to dash (water, etc.; on someone or something), to throw (on), to pour (over)
rarely used kanji form formal or literary term usually written using kana alone auxiliary 'ku' adjective (archaic) adjective (generic) auxiliary adjective
- must, should, ought to
- will (surely), be bound to, must
- will (do), shall
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to blow (one's nose)
usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be turned up, to be turned inside out, to ride up, to be lifted (e.g. by wind)