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)
- monitor lizard
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- fruit bat (Pteropodidae spp.), flying fox, megabat
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- great egret (Ardea alba), great white egret
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- evergreen magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), southern magnolia, loblolly magnolia, bull bay
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus), scabbard fish, beltfish
irregular kanji usage usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) interjection
- so, like that
- that's right, indeed
- let me see...
usually written using kana alone adverb
- after all, in the end, when all's said and done
- for the time being, at present
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- jiaogulan (species of herbaceous vine; Gynostemma pentaphyllum)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- tilefish (Branchiostegus spp.), blanquillo, horse-head fish