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)
- ivory palm (Phytelephas macrocarpa)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- megapode (any bird of family Megapodiidae, incl. brush turkeys and mallee fowl), mound builder
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Machaerina rubiginosa (species of tropical sedge)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese sweet flag (Acorus gramineus)
irregular okurigana usually written using kana alone abbreviation noun noun (generic)
- boiled and half-dried bonito
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- whatever will be, will be, things happen the way they happen, let nature take its course
usually written using kana alone expression
- both are bad, neither is good, one's as bad as the other, both are to blame, six of one, half a dozen of the other
idiomatic expression usually written using kana alone interjection
- it serves you right
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Arctic wrack (Fucus evanescens)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese kelp (Laminaria japonica)