List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression adverb
- while I have the opportunity (I'd also like to say ...), by the way, incidentally, in passing
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- narezushi, fermented sushi (pickled in brine rather than vinegar), precursor of modern sushi
usually written using kana alone expression adverb
- in that way, like that
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- hoopoe (species of Eurasian bird, Upupa epops)
noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- Yamanashi (city, prefecture)
- wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia), wild Japanese pear
usually written using kana alone expression
- all that one has, all that there is, the whole
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- cavity (in old root vegetables, tofu, metal casting, etc.), pore, hollow, bubble, blowhole
- porous, pithy, spongy
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- regional pickle of Kyoto made from a turnip-like vegetable
gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone slang godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to gang-rape
usually written using kana alone colloquial expression suru verb verb (generic)
- to easily attain victory
- to dupe, to swindle