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) historical term abbreviation
- squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii)
- Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern)
- color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue)
- shinobu-wake (Edo-period women's hairstyle)
- clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
usually written using kana alone rare term noun noun (generic)
- lobster
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- kanji "large village" radical at right (radical 163)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- kanji "large village" radical
usually written using kana alone adverb
- appropriately, properly
usually written using kana alone expression
- be that the case, do so, do as you please, in any case
usually written using kana alone conjunction
- even if that isn't the case, even though that isn't the case
usually written using kana alone conjunction
- nevertheless, even then, however, be that as it may, even so, though that it be so
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone conjunction
- be that as it may, even so, though that be so