List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- dish of the same ingredient prepared two different ways, stewed together (esp. tofu, specialty of Kyoto)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus japonicus)
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