List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb
- finally, in the end, at last
- in the end, after all, never (happened)
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- fresh and youthful, lively, vibrant, vivacious, juicy (e.g. fruit)
popular search-only kana form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic) colloquial adverb
- terrible, dreadful
- amazing (e.g. of strength), great (e.g. of skills), wonderful, terrific
- to a great extent, vast (in numbers)
- awfully, very, immensely
popular JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone adverb
- as (much) as possible, as (much) as one can, wherever practicable, if possible
popular ateji search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) adverb noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ
- unfortunately, sorry, but ...
่ฅฟ็ใใใsuikapopular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- brittle, fragile, weak, frail
- tender-hearted, sentimental, easily moved
popular JLPT N3 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb colloquial usually written using kana alone auxiliary verb
- to break, to snap, to be cut, to split, to crack
- to be injured
- to wear out, to be worn out
- to break, to burst, to collapse
- to wear off, to stop working, to go dead
- to expire (time limit, etc.), to run out, to become due
- to run out (of stock, etc.), to be exhausted, to be used up, to be sold out, to be out of
- to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship), to break up, to have severed ties, to be cut off, to be disconnected
- to cut well, to be sharp
- to be sharp-minded, to be keen, to be shrewd, to be quick-witted, to be able
- to be short of, to drop under (a certain figure), to beat (e.g. a record time)
- to dry off
- to curve, to veer
- to shuffle (cards)
- to get angry, to snap, to blow one's top, to lose one's temper, to flip
- to be able to do completely
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb
- first (of all), firstly, to begin with, before anything else
- probably, most likely, almost certainly, virtually
- more or less (satisfactory), on the whole, reasonably
- anyway, at any rate, for now (at least), for the time being
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb suffix
- to tear to pieces, to tear to shreds, to tear up
- to pick (e.g. fruit), to pluck, to tear off
- to do ... heavily, to do ... heartily, to do ... vigorously