List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- clearly miraculous, remarkably miraculous, striking
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cottony cushion scale (species of scale insect, Icerya purchasi)
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to stand on ceremony
- to stiffen up (the nerves), to be tense
usually written using kana alone su verb - precursor to the modern suru verb (generic)
- to do
ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens), dusky rabbitfish, sandy spinefoot
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to pair with, to pair up, to pair off
usually written using kana alone interjection
- as you were, return to your original position!
- er, rather
search-only kana form usually written using kana alone expression pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- that sort of, like that
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- gap (in a mountain ridge)
usually written using kana alone geology noun noun (generic)
- shirasu, white pumiceous soil of southern Kyushu