List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris var. cicla), silverbeet
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)
irregular kanji usage usually written using kana alone たる adjective adjective (generic) adverb taking the と particle
- loud (criticism, protest, etc.), noisy, clamorous, boisterous, uproarious, fierce
search-only kana form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- octopus pot
- foxhole (in a battlefield)
- bubble, echo chamber
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone derogatory noun noun (generic)
- boy, child, youth, brat
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- willow tit (Parus montanus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- green-winged teal (species of duck, Anas crecca)
rarely used kanji form obsolete kanji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)
irregular okurigana usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の
- the unvarnished truth