List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to bear, to endure
usually written using kana alone sensitive noun noun (generic)
- blindness in one eye, having one eye much bigger than the other, someone blind in one eye, someone with one eye much bigger than the other
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone sensitive noun noun (generic) dated term
- hunchback, humpback, crookback
- rickets
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- kousso (African flowering plant, Hagenia abyssinica), kosso, cusso, koso, brayera
search-only kana form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) Ryuukyuu-ben
- tonfa, traditional Okinawan weapon similar to a nightstick
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to dig out, to gouge out, to hollow out
- to scoop, to ladle, to bail
- to jerk (one's chin)
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) Ichidan verb transitive verb
- to pry, to prize, to prise
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to stick into and move around, to dig around in, to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- red-masked and black-masked gods (folk belief of the Yaeyama Islands), harvest festival celebrating these gods (held in the 6th lunar month)