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)
- neigh, whinny, bray
rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone adverb
- awfully, terribly
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- undulation, winding, meandering
- swell (of waves), ground swell, surge, billow, roller
usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be flustered, to lose one's presence of mind
JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- ray (any fish of superorder Batoidea)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese grenadier anchovy (Coilia nasus)
search-only kanji form JLPT N4 honorific language usually written using kana alone expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to be
- to come
- to go
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- appalling, horrifying, dreadful, hideous, revolting, disgusting
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- oden, dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku stewed in soy-flavored dashi
polite language noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone slang archaic
- pan, pot
- transgender man (female-to-male), butch lesbian, female transvestite
- maidservant, housemaid
- night work