List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular irregular okurigana JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) finance card games counter particle
- end, finish, place to stop
- bound, limit, end
- delivery date (of a futures contract)
- finale (of a noh song), end of an act (in jลruri or kabuki), final performance of the day (in vaudeville)
- trump card
- king (court card; in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
- counter for slices (esp. thick slices), counter for cuts (of fish, meat, etc.)
- only, just
- (ever) since, after
- continuously, remaining (in a particular state)
popular noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- bounce, spring, rebound
- momentum, impetus, impulse, stimulus, inertia
- moment, instant, impulse, chance
popular usually written using kana alone expression
- about, concerning, as to, regarding
popular JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone adverb
- considerably, greatly, a lot
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- elegance, dandyism, sophistication, having style
- affectation, showing off, putting on an air, appearances, doing something just for show
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- hawk, falcon
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- (corrugated) cardboard
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- wild boar, wild pig
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), Indian lotus, lotus
- rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
popular search-only kana form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) idiomatic expression usually written using kana alone card games
- storm, tempest
- uproar, hullabaloo, storm (e.g. of protest), winds (e.g. of change)
- pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu