List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
vulgar expression or word usually written using kana alone expression
- worthless (of a person), someone who wouldn't be missed if they died
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be stiff, to be starchy
search-only kana form rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be noisy, to be astir, to be abuzz, to be in commotion, to be aflutter, to be unsettled, to be discomposed
usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to abridge, to shorten, to economize
usually written using kana alone adverb
- (yet) again
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Asian hazel (Corylus heterophylla var. thunbergii), Siberian hazel
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
irregular reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Siebold's arrowwood (Viburnum sieboldii)
noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- hinoki leaf
- hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata)
- small ornamental false cypress (i.e. a variety of hinoki or a related species)