List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone humble language godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb auxiliary verb suffix
- to be (animate), to be, to exist
- to be ...-ing
- to have ...-ed, to be ...-ed
- to (have the audacity to) do
popular noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone adverb
- (many) mountains
- very much (wanting to do something one cannot), greatly, really
- so many, a lot of
popular search-only kana form noun noun (generic) photography usually written using kana alone go (game)
- shibori, tie-dye, tie-dyeing
- aperture, aperture stop, stop
- contraction, squeezing, choke
- squeeze
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) colloquial usually written using kana alone
- gravel, ballast, pebbles
- child, rugrat, ankle-biter
popular noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- East Asian lacquer, japan
- Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
popular usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- dashi, Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp
- pretext, excuse, pretense (pretence), dupe, front man
ๆใใใใใkakerupopular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb mathematics suffix
- to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall), to let hang, to suspend (from), to hoist (e.g. sail), to raise (e.g. flag)
- to put on (e.g. a blanket), to put on top of, to cover, to lay, to spread
- to put on (glasses, etc.), to wear (a necklace, etc.)
- to make (a call)
- to spend (time, money), to expend, to use
- to pour (liquid) onto, to sprinkle (powder or spices) onto, to splash, to throw (e.g. water) onto
- to turn on (an engine, radio, etc.), to set (a dial, alarm clock, etc.), to put on (a DVD, song, etc.), to use (a device, implement, etc.)
- to cause (someone inconvenience, trouble, etc.), to burden (someone), to impose
- to multiply (arithmetic operation)
- to secure (e.g. lock)
- to take a seat, to sit, to rest (something on something else), to support (something on something else)
- to bind
- to wager, to bet, to risk, to stake, to gamble
- to put an effect (spell, anaesthetic, etc.) on
- to hold (a play, festival, etc.)
- to hold an emotion for (pity, hope, etc.)
- to argue (in court), to deliberate (in a meeting), to present (e.g. idea to a conference, etc.)
- to increase further
- to catch (in a trap, etc.)
- to set atop
- to erect (a makeshift building)
- to apply (insurance)
- to pun (on a word), to use (a word) as a pivot word, to play on words
- to be partway doing ..., to begin (but not complete) ..., to be about to ...
- to address (someone), to direct (something, to someone), to do (something, to someone)
popular gikun or jukujikun search-only kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone go (game)
- avalanche, snowslide
- avalanche, avalanche jลseki
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) colloquial pronoun
- fellow, guy, chap
- thing, object
- he, she, him, her
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) adverb usually written using kana alone
- (in the) neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity, nearby, surroundings
- around, about, or thereabouts
- for instance, say, such as