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)
- Japanese nipplewort (Lapsanastrum apogonoides)
usually written using kana alone Shinto noun noun (generic)
- Susanoo (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu), Susanoo-no-Mikoto
gairaigo Portuguese origin ateji historical term usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- chief trader (of the Dutch trading post at Dejima)
- captain (of a European ship; Edo period)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- nod, inclination of the head
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone honorific language polite language expression
- in respect of, in regard to, as for
gikun or jukujikun search-only kana form rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be precocious, to be mature for one's age, to seem grown-up, to seem mature
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to begin to open, to come out
- to smile broadly
- to come apart at the seams (clothes)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- scarlet runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- mud creeper (Terebralia palustris)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)