List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to connect, to link together
- to tie, to fasten, to restrain
- to maintain, to preserve, to keep
- to transfer (phone call), to put a person through
- to hedge, to buy or sell forward
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă intransitive verb
- yawn, yawning
- kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- fragment, broken piece, chip, splinter, shard
- ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.), trace, shred, scrap
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- (clenched) fist, knuckles
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb auxiliary verb slang
- to turn up, to roll up (e.g. sleeves)
- to do over and over again, to do relentlessly, to do with reckless abandon, to do continuously
- to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.), to come from behind
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to turn over, to turn (pages), to leaf through (a book, etc.)
- to tear off, to strip off, to take off, to pull off (e.g. a blanket), to pull up (e.g. floorboards), to tear up
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone adverb
- from the beginning, from the first, all along, originally
- of course
- not to mention ..., not only ... but also ..., to say nothing of ...
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- proverb, saying, aphorism, maxim
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sitting cross-legged
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- pepper