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)
- whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus), whippoorwill
search-only kana form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to stand up straight, to stand on end (e.g. of hair)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- small spiral-shelled snail, spiral shellfish
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese big-ear radix (pond snail, Radix auricularia japonica)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- screw pump
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- zebra sole (Zebrias zebrinus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- zebra sole (Zebrias zebrinus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- circumference of the navel, treasure trail, sagittal hair
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- lacertid (any lizard of family Lacertidae, esp. the Japanese grass lizard, Takydromus tachydromoides)