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)
- yellow grouper (Epinephelus awoara), banded grouper
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- alpine bearberry (Arctous alpina), mountain bearberry
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- common butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- fringe bell (Schizocodon soldanelloides), fringed galax
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- whitish gentian (Gentiana algida)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Alaskan arnica (Arnica unalascensis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Smilax riparia (species of climbing plant)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Lilium medeoloides (lily species)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- showy lily (Lilium speciosum), brilliant lily
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone children's language adverb noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb colloquial
- holding tightly, squeezing
- onigiri, rice ball
- (accepting a) bribe