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)
- tiger cowrie (Cypraea tigris), tiger cowry
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) Kansai-ben prefix な adjective
- new, unused
- new
- obvious, natural
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- great-grandmother
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Kamchatka stonecrop (Sedum kamtschaticum)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Eucheuma muricatum (species of red algae)
JLPT N2 honorific language familiar language usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- uncle
- old man, mister
- manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
JLPT N5 honorific language familiar language usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- aunt
familiar language usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- old lady, ma'am
usually written using kana alone archaic adverb
- carelessly, thoughtlessly, inadvertently
usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be chipped, to be nicked