List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic) formal or literary term
- that well-known ..., the one and only ...
- that, those, the
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena), ragged lady, fennelflower, nigella
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- one stride, single stride
- short distance
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- ordinary, nothing special, nothing to exclaim over
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic)
- ordinary, nothing special, nothing to exclaim over
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone colloquial expression
- nothing special, no big deal, doesn't matter, nothing to worry about
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Polemonium kiushianum (species of Jacob's ladder)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Polemonium caeruleum subsp. yezoense var. nipponicum (variety of Jacob's ladder)
usually written using kana alone card games noun noun (generic) archaic
- eight (in mekuri karuta)
- third-rank prostitute in the Kyoto red-light districts
ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Alexandrian senna (Senna alexandrina), Egyptian senna, true senna