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 noun noun (generic)
- wood louse, wood lice, slater
ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.), ecdysis
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be noisy, to be astir, to rustle, to murmur
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- without change, as is
- just like, extremely similar
- immediately, just after, without a pause
usually written using kana alone expression
- just what you'd expect from ..., that's just like (him, her, etc.), that's (exactly) why ..., that's (precisely) the reason ...
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone conjunction
- but (still), and yet, nevertheless, even so, notwithstanding
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone conjunction
- if that's the case ..., if so ..., that being the case ...
JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone conjunction
- therefore, for that reason, so, because of that
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone conjunction
- so, accordingly, now, then, thereupon, therefore
ateji usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- silly, foolish, absurd, childish, easy, trifling, guileless