List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
irregular okurigana usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
gairaigo Chinese origin usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- Chinese-style stir-fry containing green peppers and meat, pepper steak (US)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- namahage, folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- shelled shrimp (that have also had their heads removed)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), bluebottle
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chelidonium japonicum (species of poppy)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- morning star lily (Lilium concolor), star lily
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to eat (fodder, grass, etc.)
- to receive (a salary), to receive a stipend from one's lord
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- (adult male) Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus)
- scarbreast tuskfin (Choerodon azurio)