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)
- swamp morning glory (Ipomoea aquatica), water spinach, river spinach, kangkong, Chinese spinach, Chinese Watercress, Chinese convolvulus, swamp cabbage
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- atlas moth (Attacus atlas)
usually written using kana alone expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to iron, to do the ironing
usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to suspend between two points, to build (a bridge, etc.), to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- shrubby lespedeza (Lespedeza bicolor)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Thunberg's lespedeza (Lespedeza thunbergii)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Lespedeza buergeri (species of bush clover)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- leafy lespedeza (Lespedeza cyrtobotrya)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Lysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- gooseneck loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides)