List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- red milk mushroom (Lactarius hatsudake), hatsutake mushroom
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- shrubby cinquefoil (Dasiphora fruticosa), golden hardhack
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Aconitum loczyanum (monkshood species)
ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Bombay (old name for Mumbai)
usually written using kana alone suffix ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- very difficult to ..., nearly impossible to ...
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese reed bunting (Emberiza yessoensis), ochre-rumped bunting
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- rustic bunting (Emberiza rustica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- yellow-breasted bunting (Emberiza aureola)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- outsiders, others, bystanders, onlookers, third person
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- achiote (Bixa orellana), annatto