List: popular word
Words commonly used in modern Japanese
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- kilogram, kilogramme
gairaigo French origin popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- kilometer, kilometre
gairaigo Portuguese origin popular obsolete reading ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Greece
popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Kuwait
gairaigo Portuguese origin popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cross sign
popular irregular reading ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Guam
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- gram, gramme
popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Greenland
gairaigo German origin popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic)
- Germanic (people, language, culture, etc.)
gairaigo English origin Dutch origin popular ateji JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- coffee