List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
colloquial usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- woman purported to bring bad luck to the man she is near or has sex with
usually written using kana alone interjection
- bring it on!
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chinese emperor (species of emperor bream, Lethrinus haematopterus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- spangled emperor (species of emperor bream, Lethrinus nebulosus)
usually written using kana alone expression
- cannot avoid (doing), cannot help (doing), have no other choice but to, must (do)
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic) Hokkaido-ben Touhoku-ben
- oyaki, fried round wheat or buckwheat flour cake with various fillings
- imagawayaki, thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
usually written using kana alone dated term noun noun (generic) archaic
- mistress, kept woman, concubine
- close female servant
ateji usually written using kana alone hanafuda noun noun (generic)
- last player
usually written using kana alone expression
- (not) even when using ..., (not) even with the help of ..., (not) even by ...