List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
shogi noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone go (game)
- knight
- keima, knight's move, stone placed at a knight's jump from another stone of the same color
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- severely (criticize, run down, etc.), terribly, harshly, scathingly
- unable to differentiate the good from the bad, (valuable and worthless things) treated the same
rarely used kanji form derogatory usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) ใช adjective
- shithead, bastard
- fucking, bloody, damned
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- earwig
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- longan (Euphoria longana)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- dwarf mondo grass (Ophiopogon japonicus)
ateji usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- formal, stiff, pompous, stern, solemn, grave
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- having one's choice, (ability to) pick and choose
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- alternating, taking turns
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Venus flytrap, Venus's flytrap