List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone abbreviation Internet Internet slang
- fishing, angling
- change (for a purchase)
- clickbaiting
- trolling, bait, making deliberately inflammatory posts online
ๅธฝๅญใผใใboushipopular search-only kana form JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone go (game) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- hat, cap
- cap (move)
popular ateji search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- club, fraternity, sorority, clubhouse
popular search-only kana form search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone noh stock market
- doer, performer
- shite, protagonist, hero, leading part, main character
- speculator
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb usually written using kana alone abbreviation
- sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab), crawling sideways
- leafhopper (insect), jassid
- sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
- levelling off (of prices, etc.), stabilizing
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) usually written using kana alone
- purple, violet
- purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon), red gromwell, red-root gromwell
- soy sauce
popular search-only kana form irregular okurigana JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) finance card games go (game) counter particle
- end, finish, place to stop
- bound, limit, end
- delivery date (of a futures contract)
- finale (of a noh song), end of an act (in jลruri or kabuki), final performance of the day (in vaudeville)
- trump card
- king (court card; in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
- cut, separation of two groups
- counter for slices (esp. thick slices), counter for cuts (of fish, meat, etc.)
- only, just
- (ever) since, after
- continuously, remaining (in a particular state)
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- bounce, spring, rebound
- momentum, impetus, impulse, stimulus, inertia
- moment, instant, impulse, chance
popular usually written using kana alone expression
- about, concerning, as to, regarding
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone food, cooking
- ending, conclusion
- join, union, connecting
- knot, knotting
- onigiri, rice ball