List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone expression noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic)
- full-bodied (e.g. wine, sake), rich, robust (flavor), full-flavored
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- lentil (Lens culinaris)
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone colloquial noun noun (generic)
- (very) beginning, start
usually written using kana alone expression ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- trivial, not amounting to much
proverb usually written using kana alone expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- if you have a mind to do something, you can do it
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus), hooded gull
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- soft, weak, fragile, poorly built, insubstantial
ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- common broom (Cytisus scoparius), Scotch broom, English broom