List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone adverb
- as many as one likes, as much as one likes
- great many, plenty, to any degree, in unlimited quantities, any amount (of), any number (of)
- almost (none), (not) much
- no matter how much, no matter how big or small
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- simpleton, dimwit, sluggard
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone abbreviation noun noun (generic)
- ladle
- (hen's) egg
colloquial usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to start, to begin, to commence
irregular kanji usage usually written using kana alone expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to be highhanded, to be arrogant, to be overbearing
derogatory usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- damn kids, brats
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii), Veitch's bamboo
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- tattoo (esp. one of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword), person with a tattoo
noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- Mount Kลya missionary (usu. low-ranking monk)
- Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Culex tritaeniorhynchus (species of mosquito)