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)
- civet cat
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sweet pea
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- wheat bran
usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to fly (a flag), to stream, to let (one's hair, skirt, etc.) flutter (in the wind)
- to win (someone) over, to bring over to one's side, to bend to one's will
noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- birdlime
- Nepal holly (Ilex integra)
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- mold, mould, mildew
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis), soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
- trap door located on the walkway in a kabuki theatre
- bilge pump (used on traditional Japanese ships)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi)
- mustelid (any mammal of family Mustelidae)
search-only kana form rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone idiomatic expression noun noun (generic) historical term
- going round in circles, game of cat and mouse, pointless and repetitive back-and-forth
- itachi-gokko, Edo-period children's game in which two players alternately pinch the back of the other's hands and stack them on top of each other while saying "itachi-gokko, nezumi-gokko"
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.)
- scene
- time block (e.g. of a class schedule)