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)
- Indian mustard (Brassica juncea), Chinese mustard, leaf mustard, brown mustard, mustard greens
noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- acting on an impulse, doing something without considering the consequences
- loose morals (e.g. of a geisha), easy virtue
popular search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- value in doing something, feeling that something is worth doing, rewarding feeling, sense of satisfaction
usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) ใช adjective
- unfinished, incomplete
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- unfinished, in progress
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone adverb taking the ใจ particle ใใ adjective adjective (generic)
- torrentially, swiftly flowing (water, esp. river), voluminously flowing
- (speak) eloquently, fluently, spout forth (a torrent of speech)
- flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction), current of the times
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- hemlock (Conium maculatum), poison hemlock
usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- freshly pounded (rice cake), fresh from the mortar
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone adverb
- from one's home, while sitting at home, without leaving one's house, without moving from one's chair, without taking a step outside
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- saw shark (esp. the Japanese saw shark, Pristiophorus japonicus)