List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular usually written using kana alone adverb
- as if, as it were, as though
- right then, just then, at that moment
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to tie up, to tie together, to bind, to bundle, to fasten
- to hang (oneself)
- to summarize, to put (it all) together, to consolidate
- to estimate, to expect
- to tie-dye
- to detain, to check, to restrain
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- brackets, parentheses
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bag, satchel, briefcase, basket
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to shout, to cry (out), to yell, to scream, to clamour
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone expression ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- intolerable, unbearable, unendurable
- irresistible, tremendous, out of this world
- cannot help (doing), cannot but do, anxious to do, cannot get enough of
popular ateji search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- noisy, loud, clamorous, boisterous
- much talked of, much-discussed, vexed
- strict, severe, stern
- particular, fussy, fastidious, fault-finding, carping
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to relax, to feel at home
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone adverb archaic
- purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.), daringly (doing something), deliberately, intentionally
- not necessarily, not particularly, not especially
- definitely not
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone adverb
- completely, absolutely, totally, (not) at all