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)
- black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb archaic
- to be dazzled by, to be dizzied by, to be disoriented by
- to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
- to become dark
usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- sexy, popular, well-liked
usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
usually written using kana alone expression noun noun (generic)
- the wife, the missus
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) adverb
- last time (as of now), never again
- only this
usually written using kana alone expression pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- (any) particular, special, particularly noteworthy, worth mentioning
usually written using kana alone adverb
- especially, particularly
- surely, clearly, unmistakably
- as if, as though, just like
usually written using kana alone expression
- anyway, by the way, incidentally, well, to change the subject
usually written using kana alone expression adverb
- from out of nowhere, from who knows where