List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
ateji usually written using kana alone adverb
- at any rate, in any case, anyway, anyhow
popular ateji rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb colloquial
- anyway, anyhow, at any rate, in any case, at least, just
- setting aside ..., regardless of ...
- really, truly, certainly, definitely, undeniably
popular ateji rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb
- anyhow, anyway, somehow or other, generally speaking, in any case, be that as it may
- apart from ..., setting ... aside
usually written using kana alone adverb
- anyhow, anyway, somehow or other, generally speaking, in any case, be that as it may
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone adverb
- anyhow, in any case
ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone adverb
- this and that, all kinds of things, one thing and another
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be smeared, to be covered
gikun or jukujikun search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
rare term usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- child dying before parents
- occurrence out of sequence, wrong order