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)
- Bengalese finch, society finch (Lonchura striata var. domestica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- grated yam
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- opossum shrimp (Mysida spp.), mysid
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- white-naped crane (Grus vipio)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese ash (Fraxinus japonica)
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă intransitive verb
- tailspin, spin
- drilling, boring
ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sole (any fish of the families Cynoglossidae and Soleidae)
- red tonguesole (Cynoglossus joyneri)
usually written using kana alone dated term conjunction
- if so, in that case, then
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- spear squid (Loligo bleekeri)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese bindweed (Calystegia japonica)