List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
polite language usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- mother
irregular okurigana usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese winterberry, Ilex serrata
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- chestnut in its burr
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- marimo (variety of algae, Cladophora aegagropila), round green algae, Cladophora ball, lake ball, moss ball
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- adlay (Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen), Job's tears, coixseed, tear grass, adlai
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- aim, goal
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- lynx (esp. the Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus)
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone yojijukugo noun noun (generic)
- large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus)
- woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan