List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- masked lapwing (Vanellus miles), masked plover, spur-winged plover
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- New Zealand dotterel (Charadrius obscurus), New Zealand plover, red-breasted plover
ateji rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ
- plain, frank, candid, open, direct, straightforward, unabashed, blatant, flagrant
search-only kana form rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone expression Kansai-ben
- useless, no good, hopeless
- cannot, must not, not allowed
ateji rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- gaudy, showy, garish, loud
- crooked, vicious, wicked, nasty, unscrupulous, dishonest
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to discuss
- to find fault with, to criticize, to criticise
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to treat, to handle, to deal with
- to arrange, to decorate (with), to adorn (with), to dress (with), to garnish (with)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese andromeda (Pieris japonica), lily-of-the-valley
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone pronoun colloquial euphemistic noun noun (generic)
- there, over there, that place, yonder, you-know-where
- genitals, private parts, nether regions
- that far, that much, that point