List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
gairaigo Portuguese origin popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.), squash
popular obsolete kanji noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- article, item, thing, goods, stock
- quality
- flirtatiousness, coquetry
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to close (one's eyes), to shut
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- dragonfly
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- birthmark, nevus
- bruise
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus), jack mackerel, pompano, scad
popular search-only kana form ateji rarely used kanji form colloquial usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) ใช adjective adjective (generic) Kansai-ben
- fool, idiot, simpleton
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone conjunction adverb
- or, either ... or
- maybe, perhaps, possibly
- some ... and others ..., sometimes ... and at other times ...
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 humble language usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb polite language auxiliary verb
- to receive, to get, to accept, to take, to buy
- to eat, to drink
- to be crowned with, to wear (on one's head), to have (on top)
- to have (as one's leader), to live under (a ruler), to install (a president)
- to get someone to do something
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) adverb
- one-by-one, separately
- every single, each and every, without omission, fully, in detail