List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- common thyme (Thymus vulgaris), garden thyme
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- chickweed (Stellaria sp.), stitchwort
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese dock (Rumex japonicus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- turnip (Brassica rapa)
usually written using kana alone medicine noun noun (generic)
- Jacksonian epilepsy
search-only kana form rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- imitation crab meat, crab sticks
usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- grated daikon and chili, whole daikon with a chili notched inside and then grated together
- grated daikon and carrot
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- toad lily (Tricyrtis hirta)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus; esp. one living in the mountains)
- Tricyrtis macropoda (species of toad lily)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- northern shrike, great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor)