List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 familiar language usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- police officer
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- saw
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to soak (into), to permeate, to seep (in), to penetrate, to pierce
- to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.), to smart, to twinge, to bite (e.g. of the cold), to be irritated (by)
- to be infected (e.g. with vice), to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice), to be influenced
- to feel keenly, to make a deep impression, to sink into (e.g. one's mind), to be moved
popular JLPT N2 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb usually written using kana alone go (game)
- to jump, to leap, to prance, to spring up, to bound, to hop
- to splash (of oil, mud, etc.), to spatter, to splash up
- to burst, to crack open, to pop
- to come to an end (of a show, movie, etc.), to close for the day (e.g of a shop), to be finished
- to play hane, to hane
popular noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone go (game)
- (a) jump
- splashes (usu. of mud)
- upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo)
- close (e.g. of a theatrical performance), breakup
- hane (move)
popular noun noun (generic) euphemistic usually written using kana alone
- one thing, one article
- ulterior motive, secret intention, secret scheme, plot
- penis
- money
popular search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic)
- incoherent, wandering, vague, rambling, whimsical
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb usually written using kana alone
- to cross over, to go across
- to extend, to cover, to range, to span
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) colloquial food, cooking
- string, cord
- leash
- man who is financially dependent on a woman, gigolo, pimp
- restrictions, conditions
- mantle (shellfish, etc.)
- small intestine (beef, pork), oviduct meat (chicken)
้็ฃจใ ใใพdarumapopular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- daruma, tumbling doll, round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted
- Bodhidharma
- prostitute