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)
- bur cucumber (Sicyos angulatus), star cucumber
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- snake gourd (Trichosanthes cucumerina)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus), long-tailed bushtit
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- thrift (Armeria maritima), sea thrift, sea pink
usually written using kana alone expression
- intolerable, unbearable, unendurable
- irresistible, tremendous, out of this world
- cannot help (doing), cannot but do, anxious to do
usually written using kana alone expression
- not going (well), not proceeding (as one wishes)
- bad, not good
- hopeless, beyond hope
- must not (do, be), should not, ought not to
slang usually written using kana alone baseball interjection
- I'm ready!, bring it on!
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus)