List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- ornamental railing top, bridge railing-post knob
- Welsh onion flower, leek flower
- hosta, plantain lily
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- aphid, plant louse, plant lice
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- anteater
usually written using kana alone sensitive noun noun (generic)
- stammer, stutter
- stammerer, stutterer
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone onomatopoeic or mimetic word noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă verb (generic) noun (generic) intransitive verb adverb noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic)
- to be surprised, to be amazed, to be frightened, to be astonished, to get startled, to jump
- surprise (e.g. surprise party)
JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to rebuke, to scold, to tell off, to find fault, to harp on, to reprove
- to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with someone)
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- (common) millet (Panicum miliaceum), proso millet
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- spotbelly greenling (Hexagrammos agrammus)
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- great burdock (Arctium lappa), gobo
usually written using kana alone adverb
- all, all together, unanimously