List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
被るかぶるkaburupopular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb archaic
- to put on (one's head), to wear, to have on, to pull over (one's head), to crown (oneself)
- to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.), to pour (water, etc.) on oneself, to dash on oneself, to ship water
- to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.), to take (blame), to assume (responsibility), to shoulder (burden)
- to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
- to be similar, to be redundant
- to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.)
- to close, to come to an end
- to get a full house, to sell out
- to blunder, to bungle, to fail
- to be deceived
popular obsolete reading JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- grape, grapevine
popular usually written using kana alone い adjective adjective (generic)
- greasy, fatty, oily
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- gong, tam-tam
popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus), Japanese sweet coltsfoot
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 rarely used kanji form 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