List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to breathe out, to breathe
- to tell (a lie), to use (foul language)
- to vomit, to throw up, to spit up
popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- careless, sloppy, faulty
- using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing), piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to apply (of a rule), to be applicable (of standards, lessons, ideas, etc.), to hold true (e.g. of a description), to fit, to be suitable (e.g. of a word), to meet (requirements), to fulfill (conditions), to come under (a heading)
popular irregular okurigana noun noun (generic) derogatory usually written using kana alone
- baldness, bald head
- bald person, baldy
- idiot, moron
popular usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to lose hair, to become bald
- to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
popular irregular kanji usage JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb
- by itself, automatically, naturally
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- spinning top
popular search-only kana form irregular kanji usage search-only kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to poke (repeatedly, lightly), to nudge
- to peck at (one's food), to pick at
- to peck at (someone's faults, etc.)
- to egg on, to put up to
่ฑใซใใจใใใคtonkatsupopular search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- tonkatsu, breaded pork cutlet
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone adverb archaic interjection
- how, in what way
- how (much), to what extent
- however (much), no matter how
- hey, oi