List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone go (game)
- decorative cutting technique using alternating diagonal slices (for cucumbers, udo, etc.)
- cross-cut
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone female term noun noun (generic) Kansai-ben
- bottom, buttocks
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form poetical term usually written using kana alone pronoun dated term
- there, that way
- you
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- German iris (Iris germanica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- tuna
- Pacific bluefin tuna
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to thicken
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- albacore (Thunnus alalunga), longfin tuna
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- longtail tuna (Thunnus tonggol), northern bluefin tuna
usually written using kana alone go (game) noun noun (generic)
- clamp
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone go (game) noun noun (generic)
- elephant's move, diagonal jump