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)
- kilogram-meter
usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- tiny, little, wee
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone expression
- and they all lived happily ever after
- having a happy ending, ending without incident
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- extensions on the top and bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame (as part of a pivot hinge)
usually written using kana alone abbreviation noun noun (generic) historical term
- Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica), meadowsweet
- Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Spiraea salicifolia (species of spirea)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Eurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- whorl-leaf water milfoil (Myriophyllum verticillatum)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Vitis ficifolia (species of grapevine)
usually written using kana alone rare term noun noun (generic)
- clearwing moth larva