List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- easy, simple, light
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 abbreviation usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- postcard
- memo, note, card
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) usually written using kana alone noun (suffix)
- barefoot
- superior to (e.g. a professional), outdoing, outshining
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- as one would expect, just as you'd expect (from), just like (someone)
- still, all the same, after all
- even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to collect, to gather, to save, to accumulate, to pile up
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to spill, to fall out of, to overflow
- to peek through, to become visible (although normally not)
- to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- brick
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to pity, to sympathize with, to sympathise with, to treat with sympathy, to console, to be kind to
- to tend to (e.g. an injury), to care for, to nurse, to soothe
- to appreciate, to recognize (someone's efforts), to reward for
popular search-only kana form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb colloquial
- to finger, to touch, to play with, to fiddle with, to toy with
- to make changes to, to tinker with, to fiddle with, to tamper with
- to dabble in, to do as a hobby, to play around with
- to tease, to make fun of
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- candle