List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Iceland
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- picking and choosing
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) computing
- identity fraud, masquerading (as somebody else)
- spoofing, forgery (e.g. of email)
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to pose as, to (successfully) impersonate, to pretend to be, to pass oneself off as, to disguise oneself as
- to (completely) become, to (fully) turn into
ateji Buddhism noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism)
- striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- pockmark
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- (Japanese) larch (Larix leptolepis, Larix kaempferi)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- red-berried elder (Sambucus racemosa subsp. sieboldiana), Japanese elderberry
gairaigo Portuguese origin ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- watering can, watering pot, sprinkling can
popular ateji rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- France