List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to be reluctant to do, to hesitate to do, to be unable to do, to not be in a position to do
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to succeed as planned, to carry through, to accomplish
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to begin to do, to start doing
- to cater, to make and deliver (food)
usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- impossible to do
JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to be used to, to get accustomed to, to be in the habit of doing
- to train, to discipline, to teach manners
- to tack (in needlework), to baste
- to plant (esp. rice seedlings)
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb auxiliary verb
- to finish, to stop, to end, to put an end to, to bring to a close
- to close (a business, etc.), to close down, to shut down, to shut up
- to put away, to put back, to keep, to store
- to do completely, to finish
- to do accidentally, to do without meaning to, to happen to do, to end up ...
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone expression ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- there's no (other) way
- cannot be helped, unavoidable, inevitable, (there's) nothing one can do, having no choice, it is what it is
- it's no use (doing), pointless, useless, no good, insufficient, not enough
- hopeless (person), annoying, troublesome, awful
- cannot stand it, unbearable, cannot help (doing, feeling), dying (to do)
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic)
- hopeless, good-for-nothing, incorrigible, beyond redemption
- foolish, preposterous, absurd
search-only kana form rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sasumata, man catcher, two-pronged weapon for catching criminals
obsolete reading obsolete kanji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Urtica thunbergiana (species of stinging nettle)