List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- unavoidable, inevitable, inescapable
- hopeless, beyond help
usually written using kana alone adverb interjection Kansai-ben
- greatly, very much
- thanks a lot
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- placid, composed, serene, calm
- big-hearted, broad-minded, magnanimous, generous
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- about, roughly, approximately
- generally, on the whole, as a rule
- completely, quite, entirely, altogether, totally, not at all (with neg. verb)
- outline, gist
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- toucan
gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- woodpecker
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to complain about, to grumble about, to moan about, to bemoan
usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to use as a pretext, to use as an excuse
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe)
ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone colloquial adverb
- (eating or drinking) to one's heart's content