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)
- kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
usually written using kana alone adverb
- extremely, highly
irregular reading ateji search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- uncertain, doubtful, unpromising
- unreliable, unsteady, insecure, shaky, faltering
- unclear, vague, hazy, indistinct
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form formal or literary term usually written using kana alone adverb
- how much
usually written using kana alone adverb noun noun (generic)
- how much, how many, however
usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- what sort of, what kind of, what way
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- white-toothed shrew (any rodent of genus Crocidura), shrew
popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Spain
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- porcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus), balloonfish
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossidae spp.), spiny anteater