List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to supply (goods, money, etc.), to cover (costs), to pay, to finance, to maintain (e.g. a family)
- to give board, to provide meals
popular gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- rose
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- prawn, shrimp, lobster
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be needed, to be necessary, to be required, to be wanted, to need, to want
popular rarely used kanji form abbreviation usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
popular search-only kana form usually written using kana alone interjection
- I'm beaten, I give up, touchรฉ, you've got me there
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- dizzying (speed, changes, etc.), rapid, drastic, bewildering, hectic, bustling (e.g. world)
popular usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- needless
popular noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone go (game)
- patch, patching
- join, joining
- successor, heir
- connection
popular usually written using kana alone pronoun
- beyond, across, the other side, the distance