List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
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
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sorrel (Rumex acetosa), Common sorrel, garden sorrel, spinach dock
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- woolly lespedeza (Lespedeza tomentosa) (species of flower)
usually written using kana alone adverb
- quickly (succumb, collapse, etc.), easily, without resistance (despite hopes to the contrary)
gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- hard-packed dirt (clay, gravel, etc.) floor, concrete floor
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Paralomis histrix (species of king crab), porcupine crab
gairaigo Chinese origin usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- wonton noodles, wonton noodle soup
usually written using kana alone expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to say something is all right, to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- freshwater jellyfish (Craspedacusta sowerbii), peach blossom jellyfish