List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- suspicious-looking, fishy
obsolete kanji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- stingfish (Inimicus japonicus), scorpion fish, stonefish
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to give, to do (something) for
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb auxiliary verb
- to give, to let (one) have
- to give
- to do for one, to take the trouble to do
- to do to someone's disadvantage
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb
- sincerely, earnestly, wholeheartedly
- repeatedly, over and over, again and again
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis)
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bobbed hair
rarely used kanji form polite language noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone sensitive colloquial
- pot
- (volcanic) crater
- buttocks
- effeminate gay man, male transvestite, (preoperative) transgender woman, (gay) male prostitute
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form polite language archaic usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb honorific language auxiliary verb
- to be
- to come, to go, to be (somewhere)
- to be (doing)
search-only kanji form honorific language usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) familiar language abbreviation expression
- coming, going, being (somewhere)
- (please) come, go, stay