List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
colloquial usually written using kana alone interjection
- no way!, no chance!, I don't want to do it!
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bog chickweed (Stellaria uliginosa var. undulata)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- trailing spurge (Euphorbia humifusa)
search-only kana form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- doughnut filled with red bean paste
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be about to get on (a train, bus, etc.), to be about to board
- to start (doing), to begin, to set about
- to get on top of, to lean over
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Paratya compressa (species of freshwater shrimp)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- being one step away from victory, with three paths to achieve it
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form derogatory familiar language dated term usually written using kana alone pronoun
- he, she, that guy
rarely used kanji form derogatory familiar language dated term usually written using kana alone pronoun
- he, she, that guy
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb usually written using kana alone auxiliary verb
- to be mentally slow, to be befuddled
- to become engrossed in, to become absorbed in
- to become frayed and dishevelled (of hair, grass, etc.), to be fluffy