List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone interjection dated term conjunction
- farewell, goodbye, adieu
- if so, in that case, then, and (then)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- omicron
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese night heron (Gorsachius goisagi)
usually written using kana alone expression ã adjective adjective (generic)
- not at all tense, relaxed, calm
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle ㎠adjective (generic) adverb
- somewhere, someplace
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- swiftlet
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- common swift (Apus apus), European swift
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- petrel (esp. petrels of family Procellariidae)