List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
็ถบ้บใใใkireipopular search-only kana form search-only kanji form JLPT N5 ใช adjective adjective (generic) usually written using kana alone
- pretty, lovely, beautiful, fair
- clean, clear, pure, tidy, neat
- completely, entirely
popular rarely used kanji form irregular okurigana search-only kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room), to be confined in, to seclude oneself, to hide away, to stay inside (one's shell)
- to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.), to imbue with, to infuse with
- to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.), to be heavy with (e.g. smoke), to be stuffy, to be dense
- to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
- to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
- to confine oneself in a temple to pray
popular usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to sweep away, to wash away, to dredge
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) adverb
- everything, all, the whole
- entirely, completely, wholly, all
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb
- at the most, at best
- to the utmost, as much as possible, as much as one can
popular ateji rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- with trouble, at great pains
- rare, valuable, precious, long-awaited
- kind, generous
popular ateji rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- abacus, soroban
- calculation (esp. of profit and loss), reckoning
่ธใฟใณtakopopular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) colloquial
- octopus
- fool, idiot
popular usually written using kana alone adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- glossy, bright, slick
popular search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) adverb
- best, extra-fine, superfine, unequalled
- exceptionally, extraordinarily, by far
- jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)