List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular irregular reading JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- gloomy (e.g. mood), depressing
- irritating, troublesome
- heavy (weather), cloudy
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to run (of liquid), to spread, to bleed, to blot
- to blur, to blot, to be blurred
- to ooze, to well up (of tears, etc.)
- to show through (of feelings, emotions, etc.), to reveal itself
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- itchy
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become numb, to go to sleep (e.g. a limb)
- to get an electric shock, to tingle (from an electric shock)
- to be excited, to be titillated, to be mesmerized, to be enthralled
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- dizziness, giddiness, vertigo
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