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)
- (Japanese) larch (Larix leptolepis, Larix kaempferi)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- red-berried elder (Sambucus racemosa subsp. sieboldiana), Japanese elderberry
gairaigo Portuguese origin ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- watering can, watering pot, sprinkling can
popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- France
ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Algeria
popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Libya
search-only kana form ateji usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) ใช adjective
- penniless, extremely poor, destitute
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.), to hang (of mist, haze, etc.), to lie (over), to linger, to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Umbonium costatum (species of sea snail)
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to coil around, to twine around, to cling (to)
- to follow around, to hang around