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)
- Lyophyllum shimeji (species of edible mushroom)
usually written using kana alone expression
- what is it?
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) rare term
- terrible situation, awful state of affairs, (being) in the shit
- night-soil reservoir dug in a field
- night-soil pot
- earthenware vessel, earthen urn
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- roadrunner
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cat grass (often Avena sativa), catgrass
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- equipment, installation, facilities, arrangements
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- digging up, removing sprouts from, and replanting tubers (esp. of the sweet potato) to make for a bigger end product
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- raccoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula), moon butterflyfish
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- convict surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus), convict tang, manini
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- longnose butterfly fish (Forcipiger flavissimus, species of butterflyfish from the Indo-Pacific), forcepsfish