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) Internet slang
- mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus)
- server (esp. in an online game)
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- coral
popular JLPT N2 expression usually written using kana alone
- first, firstly, first of all, to begin with, in the beginning, at the beginning
- Introduction, Preface
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone ă adjective adjective (generic)
- skillful, skilful, skilled, good, expert, clever (expression, trick, etc.), apt, appropriate
- delicious, tasty, good, nice
- good (deal, idea, etc.), profitable, promising, lucky, fortunate, successful, satisfactory, splendid
popular search-only kana form JLPT N1 female term usually written using kana alone pronoun
- I, me
popular gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla), French hydrangea
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cousin (female)
popular search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone adverb
- besides, furthermore, on top of that
- and yet, nevertheless, even so
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- ginger (Zingiber officinale)
popular usually written using kana alone expression ă adjective adjective (generic)
- endless, boundless, innumerable
- endless, never-ending, going on forever