List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to come apart at the seams, to be ripped, to be torn
- to begin to open, to begin to bloom
- to smile broadly, to break into a smile
popular irregular okurigana usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb auxiliary verb
- to indulge in, to give oneself up to, to be obsessed by
- to be engrossed in, to be lost in, to be absorbed in
ๅฃๆใใกใuchiwapopular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- uchiwa, type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to flip, to snap, to flick
- to repel
- to use (an abacus), to calculate
- to strum, to pluck the strings (of a guitar, etc.)
popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) business
- (short) curtain hung at shop entrance, split curtain used to divide spaces in a house
- reputation (of a store), good name, credit
- goodwill
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to slacken, to loosen, to relax, to droop (e.g. loose or flabby skin), to sag (ceiling)
- to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention), to not put one's heart in
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb usually written using kana alone auxiliary verb
- to put, to place
- to leave (behind)
- to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.), to set up
- to appoint (someone to a certain position), to hire, to employ
- to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.), to bear (in mind, etc.)
- to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool
- to take in (boarders, etc.), to provide lodging in one's house
- to separate spatially or temporally
- to do something in advance
- to leave something in a certain state, to keep something in a certain state
popular search-only kana form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone interjection noun noun (generic) Buddhism
- damn it, damn, son of a bitch, for Christ's sake
- beast, animal
- person reborn into the animal realm
- brute, bastard
popular ateji rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone adverb
- exactly, precisely, just, right, opportunely, fortunately
- just (like), as if, as though
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.), to wilt, to droop, to shrivel, to fade (away), to sag, to deflate