List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), Amur tiger
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus)
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone polite language noun noun (generic)
- begging, pestering, pleading, coaxing
usually written using kana alone expression
- the point of ..., the place where ..., the part where ..., a position described as ...
- a place called ..., places known as ...
- I would say ..., ... is how I'd put it, I suppose that ..., it's the case that ..., the situation is that ...
- at the most, no more than
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- style, way, shape, form, appearance, state
usually written using kana alone archaic Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to make become, to let become
usually written using kana alone noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic) suffix
- -less, lacking, non-existing
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- wild boar piglet
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- lemming
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to pick at (e.g. with chopsticks), to pick (one's teeth)