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)
- common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Eupatorium makinoi (species of boneset)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis)
usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb colloquial
- to age, to get old, to go stale
- to be too grown-up (for one's age), to be precocious
- to become twisted, to become warped, to become perverse
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- galingale (any plant of genus Cyperus, esp. species Cyperus microiria)
- nut grass (Cyperus rotundus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- nut grass (Cyperus rotundus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Carex scabrifolia (species of sedge)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Pacific island flatsedge (Cyperus cyperoides)
search-only kana form noun noun (generic) mahjong usually written using kana alone go (game)
- flying, leaping, flight, leap
- zero, naught, oh
- flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
- running out of points (zero or fewer), game ending due to a player running out of points
- jump