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 holly (Ilex crenata)
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone pronoun dated term formal or literary term adverb archaic
- this, this one
- this person
- now, this point (in time)
- here
- used to stress the subject of a sentence
- I, me
usually written using kana alone abbreviation noun noun (generic)
- round herring (Etrumeus teres)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- round herring (Etrumeus teres)
usually written using kana alone expression
- of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- ringworm (of the body), tinea corporis
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- euglena (freshwater flagellate)
search-only kana form rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone anatomy noun noun (generic)
- calf
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- ragworm, sandworm, clam worm (Hediste)