List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary
- fundamentals, the ABCs of ...
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone yojijukugo noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- favoritism, favouritism, partiality, prejudice, bias
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N4 honorific language usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to do
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to do for (someone)
- to take in, to deceive, to hoodwink
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone suru verb verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb suffix auxiliary verb
- to do, to carry out, to perform
- to cause to become, to make (into), to turn (into)
- to serve as, to act as, to work as
- to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
- to judge as being, to view as being, to think of as, to treat as, to use as
- to decide on, to choose
- to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
- to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
- to be worth, to cost
- to pass (of time), to elapse
- to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
- to transform A to B, to make A into B, to exchange A for B
- to make use of A for B, to view A as B, to handle A as if it were B
- to feel A about B
- verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
- creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
- to be just about to, to be just starting to, to try to, to attempt to
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- hard to do
usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to accomplish
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to do together
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to obey respectfully, to humble oneself, to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin), to wilt, to fade, to wither, to be wizened