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)
- wild boar and domestic pig hybrid, boar-pig hybrid
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- ache, twinge
usually written using kana alone slang noun noun (generic)
- thing that is past its prime, thing that is no longer popular or relevant, thing that has become obsolete
usually written using kana alone slang derogatory noun noun (generic)
- pseudo-human
ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic)
- play, sport, romp, frolic, joke, prank
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Ptilophora subcostata (species of red alga)
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to stagger, to stumble, to totter
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- spotbelly rockfish (Sebastes pachycephalus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- threestripe rockfish (Sebastes trivittatus)