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)
- potter wasp (any wasp of subfamily Eumeninae), mason wasp
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Toringo crabapple (Malus sieboldii)
gairaigo French origin ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- mousseline de laine, light woollen fabric, muslin de laine, delaine
gairaigo Portuguese origin ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- hakama fashioned in the style of the pantaloons worn by the Portuguese
usually written using kana alone honorific language Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be, to exist
- to be (honorific copula)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- blue spirea (Caryopteris divaricata), blue mist shrub
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis), China rose, shoeblack plant
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- dried squid, dried cuttlefish
ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- graceful young woman, sylph
irregular okurigana usually written using kana alone adverb
- in general, generally, usually