List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular irregular okurigana rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone adverb noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- almost, nearly, mostly, practically, virtually, basically, just about, all but
- hardly, barely, scarcely, little
- large majority, large proportion, greater part, most (of), almost all (of)
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- about, roughly, approximately
- generally, on the whole, as a rule
- completely, quite, entirely, altogether, totally, not at all (with neg. verb)
- outline, gist
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to rub, to pat, to stroke, to massage
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) adverb
- each, every
popular usually written using kana alone expression suffix
- one by one, each, every, at intervals of
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) slang vulgar expression or word
- tuna (Thunnus spp.; esp. the Pacific bluefin)
- dead fish (person who is unresponsive or passive during sex), starfish
- body of a person struck by a train
- person unconscious due to alcohol
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone adverb ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- still, as yet, only
- (not) yet
- more, (more) still
- at least, comparatively, relatively
- unfinished, incomplete, not yet done
่ๆใฟใใmikanpopular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)), mandarin orange, tangerine, clementine, satsuma
- citrus (Citrus spp.)
popular irregular kanji usage JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to lose (something)
- to get rid of, to eliminate, to remove, to eradicate, to abolish
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be lost (e.g. luggage), to be missing
- to be used up, to be run out, to be exhausted, to be consumed, to be reduced to zero, to not occur any more
- to disappear (e.g. pain), to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)