List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
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
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) transitive verb
- to pry (open), to prise, to wrench
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)