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)
- Japanese pufferfish (Takifugu rubripes), Japanese puffer, tiger puffer
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bristly beard, bristly mustache
- tiger whiskers
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- lemur
usually written using kana alone ใใ adjective adjective (generic) adverb taking the ใจ particle formal or literary term
- eminent, prominent, distinguished, first-rate, leading
- ringing (of metal), resonant (of a musical instrument)
search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- lion mask
- Japanese deer fern (Blechnum nipponicum)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese grass vole (Microtus montebelli)
- any rodent of subfamily Arvicolinae (incl. voles, lemmings and muskrats)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to paw (at) the ground
- to struggle (using one's arms and legs), to flounder, to flail about
- to struggle (to escape an adverse situation), to strive, to make every effort
usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to blow (on), to breathe (on), to spray (on)
- to pick (a fight), to provoke, to force (unreasonable terms), to demand (the impossible)
- to exaggerate, to ask (an unreasonable price), to overcharge
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to begin