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)
- doze, nap, short sleep
irregular okurigana usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- strained bean paste, smooth anko, fine-grained sweet bean paste
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to make worse (e.g. disease), to aggravate, to complicate
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Reeve's spirea (Spiraea cantoniensis), May bush
usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- stingy, cheap, very frugal
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chinese water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica), ong choy, kang kong, water morning glory, water convolvulus, swamp cabbage, hung tsai, rau muong, pak boong, swamp morning-glory
usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to not understand, to not (quite) know, to be unsure, to be unable to tell
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Cherokee rose (Rosa laevigata)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox), Japanese allspice
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- kara flowering quince (Chaenomeles lagenaria)