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)
- Pidorus glaucopis (species of moth)
usually written using kana alone Internet slang expression
- please (give me)
- please (do for me)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- glasses cleaner, lens wipes
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- fried squid ring, (fried) calamari
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- whether or not, ... or lack thereof
- faint hint of, faintish
irregular okurigana search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to sieve, to sift, to winnow, to separate (wheat from chaff)
- to screen (candidates)
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- lottery, lot, raffle, draw
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- sore, erosion, ulceration, abscess, decomposition (of a body)
- corruption, dissipation, becoming degenerate
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- hank, skein, reel
- reeled thread
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to cling to, to depend on, to embrace, to hug