List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes), shitake
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) suffix computing noun (suffix)
- knob, handle, button
- snack (to have with a drink), side dish
- a pinch (e.g. of salt)
- (file) handle
- picking, harvesting
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) derogatory
- fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha)
- person of no worth, pisher, scrub
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to accompany, to follow, to keep up with
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone interjection colloquial noun noun (generic) prefix ใช adjective adjective (generic) slang adverb
- damn, damn it, shit, crap
- feces, excrement, dung
- damn, damned, blasted, stupid
- very, extremely, really
- terrible, awful, shit, crap
- a lot
- negligible, insignificant, not mattering at all, counting for nothing, hardly worth consideration, out of the question
popular usually written using kana alone adverb expression
- still, much more, (not) yet
- still a long way to go, still a long way off, not there yet
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- bothersome, tiresome, bother to do
popular usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- probable, likely
popular polite language usually written using kana alone expression
- thank you
popular usually written using kana alone expression adverb
- meanwhile, in the meantime