List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular irregular kanji usage usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to ascertain, to confirm, to verify, to make sure of
popular usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be torn off, to come off
- to be torn to pieces, to be torn to shreds
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to turn on, to switch on, to light up
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- red bean paste, red bean jam, anko
- filling (e.g. of a manjลซ)
- stuffing, padding
popular usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- red bean paste, red bean jam, anko
- kudzu sauce
- filling (of a dumpling, etc.)
- filling, stuffing, inside
popular usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb obsolete term
- to play dumb, to feign ignorance, to play innocent, to have a blank facial expression
- to play the fool
- to be in one's dotage
popular usually written using kana alone adverb
- somehow, for some reason, without knowing why
popular irregular reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- grandmother
- old woman, female senior citizen
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- (feather) duster
- dusting
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cross mark, demerit mark, an X