List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
obsolete kanji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sea anemone
JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) adverb
- once, some time ago
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone adverb
- conspicuously, noticeably, remarkably, strikingly, outstandingly, especially, particularly
popular rarely used kanji form ateji JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone adverb interjection expression
- a little, a bit, slightly
- just a minute, for a moment, briefly
- somewhat, rather, fairly, pretty, quite
- (not) easily, (not) readily
- hey!, come on, excuse me
- thanks, but no, not feasible, not possible
usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) adverb
- fully fledged, full-fledged, proper, competent, qualified, full-grown
usually written using kana alone adverb
- still more, especially
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- pair, couple, brace
usually written using kana alone adverb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- for a while, for some time, for a period
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- overflow