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)
- 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
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to step over, to step across, to stride over, to stride across, to cross
- to stretch over, to span, to bridge, to saddle, to straddle
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) adverb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) archaic
- later, afterwards
- future
- after one's death
- descendant