List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- acorn
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- violin beetle (Mormolyce phyllodes), ghost walker
JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- slack, slackening, sagginess, flabbiness (skin, etc.)
- dullness, letdown, depression, ennui
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) Kantou-ben
- middle-sized Japanese amberjack (species of yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata)
usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- chikuwa, tube-shaped fish paste cake
popular search-only kana form usually written using kana alone abbreviation noun noun (generic)
- chลซhai, shลchลซ highball, cocktail of shลchลซ with tonic water
ateji usually written using kana alone colloquial ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- impertinent, impudent, saucy, cheeky
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sturgeon (esp. the green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Sarcocheilichthys variegatus (species of minnow)
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to push aside, to thrust aside, to brush aside, to throw off, to shrug off (e.g. pressure)
- to reject, to remove, to take out