List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to glare at, to scowl at, to glower at
- to stare intensely at, to examine carefully
- to estimate, to guess, to suspect, to judge
- to keep an eye on someone (e.g. a suspicious or untrustworthy person), to watch
- to take account of, to take into consideration
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone adverb
- (not) well, (not) properly, (not) enough, (not) sufficiently, (not) satisfactorily, (not) decently
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- gorgeous, gaudy, dazzling, gay, resplendent
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.), to tower, to soar
popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- shin, shank, lower leg
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- navel, belly button
- protrusion or depression in the middle of an object
- center, centre, most important part, main point
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb usually written using kana alone
- to lick, to lap, to suck
- to taste
- to experience (esp. a hardship)
- to underestimate, to make light of, to look down on (someone), to make a fool of, to treat with contempt, to disparage
- to lick (at; of flames), to burn
popular obsolete kanji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) slang
- strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
- 15,000 yen
popular irregular kanji usage usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- rush mat, matting, mat
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- accent (of one's speech)
- dialect, provincialism, patois
- corrupted form (e.g. of word), mispronunciation