List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone adverb
- completely, all the way, altogether, bodily
popular rarely used kanji form obsolete kanji JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb
- before long, soon, shortly
- almost, nearly
- finally, in the end, eventually
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 onomatopoeic or mimetic word usually written using kana alone adverb
- at last, finally
- barely, narrowly, just, by the skin of one's teeth
popular ateji rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb
- as expected, sure enough, just as one thought
- after all (is said and done), in the end, as one would expect, in any case
- too, also, as well, likewise, (not) either
- still, as before
- all the same, even so, still, nonetheless
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- way of doing something
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to complete decisively, to do to completion
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone colloquial godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb slang vulgar expression or word intransitive verb suffix auxiliary verb
- to do, to undertake, to perform, to play (a game), to study
- to send, to dispatch, to despatch
- to put, to move, to turn (one's head, glance, etc.)
- to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status), to let have, to present, to bestow, to confer
- to make (a vehicle) go faster
- to run (a business), to keep, to be engaged in, to practice (law, medicine, etc.), to practise
- to have (food, drink, etc.), to eat, to drink, to smoke
- to hold (a performance), to perform, to show
- to ease (one's mind)
- to harm, to injure, to kill
- to have sex, to fuck, to bang
- to live, to get by, to get along
- to do ... completely
- to do ... broadly, to do ... to a great distance
- to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status), to do ... to
- to make active efforts to ...
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- connection (to a person, place, etc.), relation, affinity
search-only kana form rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone onomatopoeic or mimetic word な adjective adjective (generic) adverb
- very loose, slowly, leisurely
popular usually written using kana alone expression suru verb verb (generic)
- to see to it that ..., to make sure that ..., to try to ..., to make an effort to ...