List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- graceful, ladylike, modest, gentle, polite, quiet, well-mannered, refined (behavior)
popular ateji JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- nonsense, irresponsible remark, codswallop, hogwash, rubbish
- random, haphazard, unsystematic
popular rarely used kana form rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to liken to, to compare to
- to pattern after, to model after, to imitate
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) adverb suffix usually written using kana alone
- place, spot, scene, site
- address
- district, area, locality
- one's house
- point, aspect, side, facet
- passage (in text), part
- space, room
- thing, matter
- whereupon, as a result
- about to, on the verge of
- was just doing, was in the process of doing, have just done, just finished doing
- approximately, around, about
popular gikun or jukujikun search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- what is called, what you call, what they call, so-called
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) archaic
- opportunity, occasion, chance
- order, sequence
- successor
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone adverb
- still more, even more, all the more
- still less, even less
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to fold (clothes, umbrella)
- to close (a shop, business)
- to vacate
popular usually written using kana alone suffix
- way, manner, style
- (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years), after ...
- ...-sized, amount (equivalent to ...)
- tune, tone
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- furigana, kana printed above or next to kanji to indicate pronunciation