List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone conjunction interjection
- well, now, then
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- rickets
- person with rickets, hunchback
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to gouge, to hollow out, to bore, to excavate, to scoop out
- to greatly perturb, to cause emotional pain
- to get to the bottom of things, to relentlessly bring the truth to light
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- mosquito larva, wriggler, maggot
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to boil, to seethe
- to be oppressed by heat
gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) archaic
- mayfly
- ephemerality (of life)
- dragonfly
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- fourspine sculpin (species of fish, Cottus kazika)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) archaic
- diaper, nappy
- swaddling clothes
- loincloth
irregular kanji usage usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii)