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)
- trifoliate orange (Citrus 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)
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- remora (any fish of family Echeneidae), suckerfish, sharksucker
- live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis), Japanese crane
- red-cap oranda (goldfish)
- Tanchล (koi variety)
- having a red crest or patch on the head (of a bird, fish, etc.)