List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- common ash (Fraxinus excelsior), European ash
gairaigo Chinese origin usually written using kana alone historical term noun noun (generic)
- chee fah, chiffa, gambling game in which players buy a lined paper with 36 words on it and try and guess the word the dealer has chosen
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- rosebay (Epilobium angustifolium), rosebay willowherb, great willowherb, fireweed
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
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone colloquial 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