List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular usually written using kana alone expression
- by (means of), by doing, due to, via, through
popular search-only kana form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone い adjective adjective (generic)
- attractive, good-looking, stylish, cool, smooth, neat, with-it, groovy
popular noun noun (generic) noun (prefix) usually written using kana alone suffix
- together with
- same
- both, all, neither, none
- including ...
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone particle
- et cetera, etc., and the like, and so forth
- or something
- the likes of
- for example, for instance, for one
popular search-only kana form usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- piping hot, scalding
- madly in love, passionately in love
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis), sweetfish
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone expression
- in spite of, despite, although
- regardless of, irrespective of
popular ateji JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- poor, pitiable, pathetic, pitiful
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- very, considerably, easily, readily, fairly, quite, highly, rather
- by no means, not readily
- middle, half-way point
- excellent, wonderful, very good
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to scatter, to disseminate (e.g. a rumor), to spread (e.g. germs), to broadcast
- to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets), to hand out freely, to spend recklessly