List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) usually written using kana alone abbreviation suffix
- rise, increase, ascent
- income, takings, earnings, proceeds, (crop) yield, return, profit
- completion, end, finish
- end result (e.g. of crafts), how something comes out, finish
- finishing (in a board or card game, etc.)
- green tea (esp. in a sushi restaurant)
- after (rain, illness, etc.)
- ex- (e.g. ex-bureaucrat), former
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) adverb usually written using kana alone pronoun Kansai-ben archaic
- inside, within
- while (e.g. one is young), during, within (e.g. a day), in the course of
- among, amongst, (out) of, between
- in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.), amidst, with (e.g. success)
- within oneself, one's feelings, inner thoughts
- we, our company, our organization
- one's home, one's family
- my spouse, my husband, my wife
- signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife
- I, me
- imperial palace grounds
- emperor
popular usually written using kana alone expression
- if you like
popular obsolete kanji irregular okurigana JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) adverb
- good, advantage, benefit, welfare
- sake, purpose, objective, aim
- consequence, result, effect
- affecting, regarding, concerning
popular JLPT N1 adverb usually written using kana alone interjection
- what, how
- what (a) ...!, how ...!
- surprisingly, to my amazement, believe it or not, why, ...!
- oh my, wow
- well, ..., so, ...
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone abbreviation Internet Internet slang
- fishing, angling
- change (for a purchase)
- clickbaiting
- trolling, bait, making deliberately inflammatory posts online
popular ateji search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- club, fraternity, sorority, clubhouse
popular search-only kana form search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone noh stock market
- doer, performer
- shite, protagonist, hero, leading part, main character
- speculator
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb usually written using kana alone abbreviation
- sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab), crawling sideways
- leafhopper (insect), jassid
- sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
- levelling off (of prices, etc.), stabilizing
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) usually written using kana alone
- purple, violet
- purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon), red gromwell, red-root gromwell
- soy sauce