List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb
- somehow or other, for some reason or another, without knowing why
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ abbreviation noun noun (generic) slang
- sudden, abrupt, unexpected, immediate, hasty, improvised, impromptu, offhand
- impromptu skit
- bandwagon fan, fair-weather fan
popular search-only kana form ateji rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- easy, easygoing, carefree, happy-go-lucky, optimistic, leisurely, careless, thoughtless
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- fleeting, transient, short-lived, momentary, ephemeral, fickle, vain
- empty (dream, etc.), mere (hope), faint (possibility)
popular irregular okurigana rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to tear off, to peel off, to rip off, to strip off, to skin, to flay, to disrobe, to deprive of, to detach, to disconnect
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ
- headband
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) finance
- moustache, mustache, beard, whiskers, sideburns
- whiskers (on a cat, etc.), feelers (on an insect, etc.), (chin) tuft
- shadow (on a candlestick chart)
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb
- for now, for the time being, for the present
- though not quite satisfactorily, after a fashion
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- cruel, heartless, hard, harsh, severe
- violent, intense, strong, heavy, extreme
- very bad, terrible, awful
- excessive, exorbitant, unreasonable, outrageous, unfair, unjust
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- skylark (Alauda arvensis)
- Mongolian lark (Melanocorypha mongolica)