List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to wither, to wilt, to droop, to fade
- to be dejected, to be disheartened, to be depressed, to be crestfallen
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb archaic noun noun (generic)
- once
- for a short time, briefly, temporarily
- one morning
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to overflow, to brim over, to flood
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.), to avert, to divert (e.g. one's attention), to evade (e.g. a question), to change (e.g. the subject)
- to displease, to annoy, to offend, to upset
- to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone ă adjective adjective (generic)
- lukewarm, tepid
- lenient
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- warmth
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone ă adjective adjective (generic)
- trivial, trifling, insignificant, not worth bothering with, worthless, useless, good-for-nothing
- stupid, nonsensical, absurd, foolish, silly
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone adverb noun taking the genitive case particle ăź adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- always, all the time, at all times
- never
- usual, regular, habitual, customary
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone honorific language pronoun
- who