List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- duck
- easy mark, sucker, sitting duck
popular usually written using kana alone go (game) shogi noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)
- yose, end game, last stage of a game, ending, (esp. in go) endgame moves that expand one's territory or reduce opponent's
- gathering, collecting, coming together
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) colloquial usually written using kana alone food, cooking prefix
- legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses), bean, pea
- soya bean (Glycine max), soybean, soy
- female genitalia (esp. the clitoris)
- kidney
- small, miniature, baby, midget, small-scale
- child
popular irregular okurigana noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- slip, omission
- upshot, denouement, outcome, final result
- punch line (of a joke)
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- whale (Cetacea spp.)
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) counter usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- swing, shake, sweep, wave, wag
- appearance, behaviour, behavior
- pretence, pretense, (false) show, pretending
- (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
- postures (of a dance)
- lead in (to a joke, question, etc.), setup
- unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment
- counter for swords, blades, etc.
popular JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone adverb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- generally, on the whole, mostly, almost, nearly, approximately, roughly, about
- general, rough
- outline, main points, gist, substance, essence
- in the first place, first and foremost, from the start, to begin with
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cotton plant (Gossypium spp.)
- batting, wadding, padding
็ผ้กใกใฌใmeganepopular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) derogatory
- glasses, eyeglasses, spectacles
- judgment, judgement, discrimination, discernment, insight
- four-eyes
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) usually written using kana alone
- furnished with, including
- attached to
- impression, appearance
- luck
- sociality
- under, assistant (e.g. to a manager)
- soup base