List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone colloquial noun noun (generic)
- cooked rice
- food, meal
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- potbellied sumo wrestler, wrestler with a big belly
- goosefish (any fish of family Lophiidae), monkfish, sea devil
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- very edge, far border
usually written using kana alone expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- can be, can exist, can stay
- cannot help but ...
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- yellow-bellied sea snake (Pelamis platura), yellowbelly sea snake, pelagic sea snake
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone expression
- to date, as of now
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Bothrogonia ferruginea (species of leafhopper)
usually written using kana alone expression noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic)
- said, aforementioned
usually written using kana alone archaic adverb
- earnestly, intently, determinedly, by all means
- ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"), ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"), ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
usually written using kana alone archaic adverb
- no matter what, anyhow, in any case, at any rate, in any event, anyway