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List: word usually written using kana alone

Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.

Showing 221 - 230 of 9591 words for the list word usually written using kana alone. #uk
火傷やけどyakedo

popular  gikun or jukujikun  search-only kana form  search-only kanji form  JLPT N2  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb 

  • burn, scald
  • getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
かえるkaeru

popular  rarely used kanji form  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

  • frog
元々もともとmotomoto

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N2  usually written using kana alone  adverb  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  な adjective  noun  noun (generic) 

  • originally, from the start, from the beginning, from the outset, by nature
  • none the worse (for), (coming out) even, in the same position (as before)
狭間はざまhazama

popular  obsolete reading  search-only kana form  rarely used kanji form  search-only kanji form  noun  noun (generic)  usually written using kana alone  go (game) 

  • gap, narrow space between things, interstice
  • valley, gorge, ravine
  • loophole (in a castle wall), arrow slit, crenel, embrasure
  • interval, pause, time between events
  • diagonal gap, move played in a diagonal gap, space between two stones diagonally apart
たぬきtanuki

popular  rarely used kanji form  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

  • tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides), raccoon dog
  • sly dog, sly old fox, sly fox, cunning devil, sly person
河童かっぱkappa

popular  obsolete reading  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial  abbreviation  usually written using kana alone 

  • kappa, mythical water-dwelling creature
  • excellent swimmer
  • cucumber
  • cucumber sushi wrapped in nori
かばkaba

popular  obsolete reading  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

  • birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
さいsai

popular  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

  • rhinoceros
蓮華れんげrenge

popular  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation 

  • lotus flower
  • Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)
  • china spoon
  • lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
凝りしこりshikori

popular  rarely used kanji form  noun  noun (generic)  usually written using kana alone  medicine 

  • muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)
  • lump (in tissue, esp. breast), swelling, hardening, lesion
  • lingering discomfort, uneasiness, bad aftertaste, unpleasant feeling

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