List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- snail
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar), spongy moth
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- snail
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
search-only kana form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- takenoko nyokki, group game in which players put their hands together and try to raise them while saying "nyokki" without speaking over anyone else until only one player (the loser) remains
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone poetical term pronoun
- which way, which direction, where
- who
usually written using kana alone poetical term pronoun
- which way, which direction, where
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- stiffness, tightness
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Ornebius kanetataki (species of scaled crickets)
- ringing a bell, bell ringer
- bell hammer
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese cheesewood (Pittosporum tobira)