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) abbreviation
- boasting, bragging, big talk
- conch (esp. Charonia tritonis), trumpet shell
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- moonlight mushroom (Omphalotus guepiniformis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Asian black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus), moon bear
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum), eastern collared pratincole, large Indian pratincole, swallow-plover
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.)
- gribble (Limnoria lignorum), grain borer, wood borer
gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) food, cooking
- chocolate-vine (Akebia quinata), fiveleaf akebia, akebi
- fruit of the akebia
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression noun noun (generic) derogatory
- doll, puppet
- blockhead, idiot, useless person, good-for-nothing
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Hedera rhombea (species of ivy)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- echo, reverberation
- spirit of a tree, tree spirit