List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
ๅดใใฐsobapopular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while
- third person
้ฆใใณkubipopular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- neck
- head
- dismissal (from a job), firing, sacking
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb
- already
- previously, before
- undeniably, unmistakably, in the first place
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone mahjong
- hill, height, knoll, rising ground
- bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
ๆกใใใsakurapopular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone colloquial
- cherry tree, cherry blossom
- fake buyer, paid audience, shill, seat filler
- hired applauder
- horse meat
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone expression adverb noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic)
- something, something or other, so-and-so
- somehow, anyhow, one way or another
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) pronoun adverb
- everyone, everybody, all
- everything, all
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone adverb conjunction
- still, yet
- more, still more, greater, further
- as ..., like ...
- furthermore, in addition, moreover, note that ...
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- bomb
- alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shลchลซ highball, also beer with whiskey)
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) abbreviation usually written using kana alone go (game) archaic Osaka-ben
- beach, seashore
- captured pieces, captured stones
- Yokohama
- riverbank, riverside