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)
- cercopithecoid (any Old World monkey of family Cercopithecidae, esp. the guenons of genus Cercopithecus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
ateji rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone polite language ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- (matter) for congratulations, worthy of celebration, happy (occasion, ending, etc.), joyous, auspicious
- naive, too good-natured, gullible, foolish, simple
ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Iceland
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- picking and choosing
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) computing
- identity fraud, masquerading (as somebody else)
- spoofing, forgery (e.g. of email)
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to pose as, to (successfully) impersonate, to pretend to be, to pass oneself off as, to disguise oneself as
- to (completely) become, to (fully) turn into
ateji Buddhism noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism)
- striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- pockmark