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)
- eelgrass (Zostera marina)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Orthetrum albistylum speciosum (subspecies of white-tailed skimmer)
irregular okurigana usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- character, disposition, spirit, temperament
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- primrose
- Siebold's primrose (Primula sieboldii), cherry blossom primrose, Japanese woodland primrose
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Gleichenia japonica (species of fern with white-backed leaves)
- white underside, white bottom, white inner
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- calabash (Lagenaria siceraria), bottle gourd
- gourd (container), calabash
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chinese yam (Dioscorea batatas)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- fin whale, finback (whale), razorback whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Sulculus diversicolor supertexta (species of abalone or ear shell)
usually written using kana alone adverb
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