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)
- rice flat sedge (Cyperus iria)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to hit (e.g. one's head), to strike, to knock, to run (into), to crash (into)
- to throw (at), to fling (at), to hurl (at)
- to vent (e.g. one's anger), to express (one's feelings), to throw (a question at someone)
- to pit (someone) against, to set against, to match against, to put up against
usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- pork steak served in a tangy sauce
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- birthwort (Aristolochia debilis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- guaiacum (Guaiacum officinale), roughbark lignum-vitae, guaiacwood
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- can do nothing but ..., have no choice but to ..., there is nothing to do but ..., cannot help ...
popular usually written using kana alone interjection
- no
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- jumble, hodgepodge, mishmash, disorderly mixture
usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- japchae (dish of vegetables and noodles), chapchae
search-only kana form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone interjection
- ouch, ow