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) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- making do, getting by (somehow), managing
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- giving and taking, exchange (of letters), arguing back and forth, (conversational) exchange
popular search-only kana form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone colloquial godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb slang vulgar expression or word intransitive verb suffix auxiliary verb
- to do, to undertake, to perform, to play (a game), to study
- to send, to dispatch, to despatch
- to put, to move, to turn (one's head, glance, etc.)
- to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status), to let have, to present, to bestow, to confer
- to make (a vehicle) go faster
- to run (a business), to keep, to be engaged in, to practice (law, medicine, etc.), to practise
- to have (food, drink, etc.), to eat, to drink, to smoke
- to hold (a performance), to perform, to show
- to ease (one's mind)
- to harm, to injure, to kill
- to have sex, to fuck, to bang
- to live, to get by, to get along
- to do ... completely
- to do ... broadly, to do ... to a great distance
- to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status), to do ... to
- to make active efforts to ...
popular usually written using kana alone onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic)
- swaying, swinging, rocking, shaking, wavering, flickering
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- drool
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone adverb
- don't get me wrong, but ..., I'm sorry
popular gikun or jukujikun search-only kana form search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb ใช adjective adjective (generic) humble language euphemistic
- mischief, prank, trick, practical joke
- mischievous, naughty
- pastime, hobby
- playing with (e.g. a lighter), fooling around with, messing around with, amusing oneself with, tampering with
- lewd behaviour, sexual misconduct, sexual assault, molestation, rape
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone expression conjunction
- with, by, by means of
- because of, on account of, for, due to
- on (a day, date), at (a time), as of (e.g. today)
- adds emphasis to preceding word
- in addition (to being), moreover, as well as, and
- therefore, and so, hence
popular JLPT N1 ใ adjective adjective (generic) usually written using kana alone suffix
- easy
- likely to ..., have a tendency to ...
- easy to ...
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N4 honorific language usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to do