List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cross mark, demerit mark, an X
popular usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb
- to hit (e.g. with a car), to knock down
- to reject, to eliminate, to exclude, to get rid of
- to refuse (e.g. a request), to deny, to turn down
- to flip, to splash, to splatter
- to take (a percentage)
- to stick up (e.g. of hair), to curl up (e.g. of a moustache), to sweep up (the end of a brush stroke)
- to pronounce as a syllabic nasal
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb
- to conceive, to become pregnant
- to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind), to be swollen with
- to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.), to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.), to involve (e.g. risk)
- to be swollen and ripe (of a plant ear, head, sprout, etc.)
popular gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- small fire
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to find resolution, to be settled, to be agreed on, to be completed
- to be collected, to be assembled, to be brought together
- to be well arranged, to be in order, to be unified, to take shape, to be coherent
popular ateji irregular kanji usage usually written using kana alone adverb
- (not) altogether, (not) wholly
popular usually written using kana alone adverb
- very fast, in a twinkle, before one's eyes
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb
- if, in case, supposing
popular usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to tangle, to get tangled, to get entangled
- to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.), to trip over
- to become complicated, to become difficult, to become tricky, to get into a tangle, to become messy
popular usually written using kana alone adverb
- endlessly, ceaselessly