List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- that, those, the
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to fail (in getting a job), to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.)
- to be left out, to be crowded out
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) Kansai-ben abbreviation
- fool, oaf, airhead
- mock Buddhist sutra, type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- land-locked variety of red-spotted masu trout (Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae), amago
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- saw-edged perch (Niphon spinosus)
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone pronoun colloquial euphemistic noun noun (generic)
- that, that thing
- that person
- then, that time
- that place (over there)
- down there (i.e. one's genitals)
- period, menses
usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- suspicious, dubious, unreliable
- indecent, unseemly
usually written using kana alone adverb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- many, much, plenty
- hardly
usually written using kana alone adverb
- more than usual (usu. time)
usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- gallant, dashing, smart