List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb usually written using kana alone
- to be caught, to be arrested
- to hold on to, to grasp
- to find (e.g. proof), to get (e.g. a taxi)
- to be detained by
popular obsolete reading JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- eyelid
popular noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone business
- scabbard, sheath
- cap (on a brush, pen, etc.), case, sleeve
- margin (between two prices), spread, markup, commission
- enclosure, outer fence
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb
- exactly, just, precisely, really, truly, surely, certainly, without doubt
- right (when), just (as)
- just (about to), on the point of, on the verge of, on the brink of
- really (ought to), certainly (should), naturally
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- chest of drawers, bureau, cabinet, tansu, dresser
popular search-only kana form search-only kanji form JLPT N3 humble language noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb familiar language female term usually written using kana alone expression
- receiving, getting, accepting, being given
- eating, drinking, having
- please (give me; do for me)
popular usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic) auxiliary adjective
- nonexistent, not being (there)
- unowned, not had, unpossessed
- unique
- not, impossible, won't happen
- not
- to not be, to have not
popular ateji rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) ใช adjective adjective (generic) slang noun (prefix) noun (suffix) abbreviation
- idiot, moron, fool
- stupid, foolish, dull, absurd, ridiculous
- trivial, insignificant, disappointing
- malfunctioning, defective, losing sensation
- incredibly, unusually, exceptionally
- fervent enthusiast, nut, person singularly obsessed with something
- Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell)
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) archaic
- icicle
- ice pillar (for cooling a room)
- ice
็ซนใฎๅญใใใฎใtakenokopopular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- bamboo shoot
- young, inexperienced doctor