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)
- garden cress (Lepidium sativum)
popular irregular reading search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- is not, am not, are not
- isn't it?
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone abbreviation mahjong noun noun (generic)
- winning by picking up a discarded tile
rarely used kanji form colloquial usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- tiny amount (degree, extent), paltry amount, slightest bit
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone rare term noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- (this) small amount, (such a) paltry amount, only this much, slightest bit
gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- sobriety, soberness
- sober face
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression Kansai-ben
- not, nonexistent, not being (there)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- northern sea nettle (Chrysaora melanaster)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- jimble (Carybdea rastoni)
usually written using kana alone adverb
- somehow or other, for some reason or another