List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- gentle, quiet, mild, meek, obedient, docile, well-behaved, tame
- quiet (color, pattern, etc.), sober
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- very, extremely, exceedingly, greatly, terribly
- extreme, excessive, great many, large number of
- splendid, impressive, tremendous, immense
- exaggerated
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone conjunction
- but, however, provided that
popular usually written using kana alone suffix
- pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to follow (a road, path, etc.), to trace
- to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.), to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.), to retrace (e.g. one's memory), to search, to go over
- to head towards (of a situation), to go in the direction of, to take (a course), to pursue (a path), to meet (a fate)
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to come apart at the seams, to be ripped, to be torn
- to begin to open, to begin to bloom
- to smile broadly, to break into a smile
popular irregular okurigana usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb auxiliary verb
- to indulge in, to give oneself up to, to be obsessed by
- to be engrossed in, to be lost in, to be absorbed in
ๅฃๆใใกใuchiwapopular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- uchiwa, type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to flip, to snap, to flick
- to repel
- to use (an abacus), to calculate
- to strum, to pluck the strings (of a guitar, etc.)
popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) business
- (short) curtain hung at shop entrance, split curtain used to divide spaces in a house
- reputation (of a store), good name, credit
- goodwill