List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese fir (Abies firma), momi fir
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb auxiliary verb
- to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)
- to hang
- to come into view, to arrive
- to come under (a contract, a tax)
- to start (engines, motors)
- to attend, to deal with, to handle
- to have started to, to be on the verge of
- to overlap (e.g. information in a manual), to cover
- to (come) at
- to be fastened
- to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.)
- to be caught in
- to get a call
- to depend on
- to begin (a task), to set about (doing), to get down to
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- mushroom
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- wrinkle, crease
- ripple
popular obsolete reading obsolete kanji JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone pronoun
- where, what place
- how much (long, far), what extent
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 medicine noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb usually written using kana alone
- paralysis, palsy, stupor
- numbness, loss of sensation
- standstill, state of paralysis, inability to take action
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- moss
- short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) adverb noun (suffix)
- once, one time
- exclusively, only, alone
popular search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression noun noun (generic) adverb
- how long, how far, how much
gairaigo English origin popular ateji JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- (formal) shirt, dress shirt, business shirt, button-up shirt