List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular search-only kana form irregular kanji usage search-only kanji form colloquial usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- (one's) mother
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- chattering, talk, idle talk, chat, chitchat, gossip
- chatty, talkative, chatterbox, blabbermouth
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- stylish, fashionable, trendy, chic, smartly dressed, careful about one's appearance
- dressing (oneself) up, dressing smartly, dressing nicely, making oneself look attractive
- fashionable dresser, smartly dressed person
popular JLPT N2 polite language usually written using kana alone expression
- certainly!
popular usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic) dated term
- no match for, cannot compete with, not in the same league as, powerless against
- cannot stand, cannot bear, cannot put up with, unbearable, intolerable
- unable to do, cannot do, impossible
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone expression
- may, might, perhaps, may be, possibly
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ noun noun (generic) adverb
- just barely, only just, at the very limit, at the last moment
popular ateji JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb auxiliary verb
- to get tired, to become exhausted, to grow weary
- to become worn out, to become battered (from long use)
- to get tired of (doing), to get fed up with
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to adhere to, to stick to, to cling to
- to keep close to, to go along with
- to get involved with, to be thick with, to become intimate
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone adverb
- all over, everywhere, in every nook and cranny