List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone adverb
- (not) particularly, (not) especially, (not) very, (not) much
archaic usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- scourge, whip, switch
obsolete kanji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- aster (Aster tataricus), Tartarian aster, Michaelmas daisy
slang usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- heterosexual person, straight person
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- mulberry root bark (Morus alba)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) Kansai-ben
- fugu sashimi
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Baikal teal (species of dabbling duck, Anas formosa)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- northern shoveler (species of duck, Anas clypeata), northern shoveller
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to have an underbite, to have a protruding chin
- to be concaved, to have a concave shape