List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
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
่บใใกใichigopopular 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
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to covet, to crave, to be greedy for, to hunger for, to lust insatiably for
- to indulge in, to do ceaselessly, to keep doing (without losing interest)
- to eat greedily, to devour
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to speak ill of, to disparage
popular irregular kanji usage search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to kneel (in respect), to genuflect
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to crouch, to squat, to cower