List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
rare term usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), topinambur, girasol, girasole
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- black-market loan charging 50% interest every ten days
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) derogatory
- old woman
- hag, old bag
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- blue mussel (Mytilus edulis), common mussel
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- curve of the tip of a sword
- length of a bow
- bulge, swelling
ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- rufous hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx hyperythrus), northern hawk-cuckoo
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ăź adjective (generic)
- one side, one party, the other side, the other party
- one (of a pair), the other (one), the mate, the fellow
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Adenocaulon himalaicum (species of flowering plant)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone expression noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic)
- incoherent, wandering, vague, rambling, whimsical
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Potentilla cryptotaeniae (species of flowering plant)