List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- fried squid, calamari
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sea pineapple (Halocynthia roretzi)
usually written using kana alone interjection Kansai-ben
- no, quit it, no way
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- paintpot cuttlefish (Metasepia tullbergi)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- hoary marmot (Marmota caligata)
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- likely to do, liable to do, (quite) capable of doing, may (well) do, might do, could do, would not hesitate to do
usually written using kana alone expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to spurt toward, to put on a spurt
popular ateji rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone adverb
- as expected, sure enough, just as one thought
- after all (is said and done), in the end, as one would expect, in any case
- too, also, as well, likewise, (not) either
- still, as before
- all the same, even so, still, nonetheless
usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- fluent, smooth, flowing
usually written using kana alone adverb
- fluently, without hesitation, without faltering