List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
familiar language usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) Kansai-ben
- dad, daddy, papa, father
rarely used kanji form familiar language usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) Kansai-ben
- mom, mommy, mama, mother
usually written using kana alone expression
- or something, or something like that, or words to that effect
- something or other
search-only kanji form proverb usually written using kana alone expression
- we have our rules, they have theirs, our house, our rules
usually written using kana alone hanafuda noun noun (generic)
- sudaoshi (type of game)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- pale orange (color)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- slender sunfish (Ranzania laevis), oblong sunfish
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) Kantou-ben
- fruit and vegetable market
usually written using kana alone expression noun noun (generic)
- Chinese flowering ash (Fraxinus lanuginosa form. serrata)
usually written using kana alone expression nidan verb (archaic) nidan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- can do, may do, be capable of doing