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)
- murmur, mutter, murmuring
- tweet, Twitter post
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- feigned ignorance, assumed innocence
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata), hardy orange
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chinese windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei), Chusan palm, hemp palm
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- staring-out (down) game, game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first
- constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- tangle, entanglement, snarl
- complication, difficulties, trouble, troubles, snag
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- padded kimono
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- narcissus flycatcher (Ficedula narcissina)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)