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)
- crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- shudder, shiver, agitation
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- halibut (esp. the Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis)
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to carry (a child) on one's back, to piggyback
- to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression
- I got it, I see, I now know, so that's the reason
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- being devoted, spending all one's time and energy on
usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- such, like this
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- iron basket for torches, cresset, brazier
- bonfire
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone expression
- according to, by (means of), due to, because of