List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to hesitate, to waver
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to trip (over), to stumble
- to fail, to suffer a setback
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- discipline, training, teaching manners
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- burly, strong, sturdy
- indomitable, indefatigable, strong-willed, resolute, bold
- robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.), strong
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) archaic
- giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
- qilin (Chinese unicorn)
- horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to bend, to flutter, to wave
- to yield to, to be swayed by, to bow to, to obey
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- snoring, snore
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to turn away, to bear off, to veer away, to swerve from, to miss (e.g. a target)
- to deviate (e.g. of a conversation), to digress, to go astray, to wander
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone adverb
- why, how, for what reason
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb
- always, all the time, at all times
- (at) any time, whenever (you like)