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)
- oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare), marguerite
gairaigo French origin rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- decametre, decameter, dekametre, dekameter
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- hectometre, hectometer
search-only kana form rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- kilolitre, kiloliter
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- old man's beard (any lichen of genus Usnea)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Hawaiian ladyfish (Elops hawaiensis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bonefish (Albula vulpes), banana fish, ladyfish
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- lantern fish (any fish of family Myctophidae, esp. Watase's lanternfish, Diaphus watasei)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone adverb
- slightly, a little
- barely, narrowly
- only, just, merely
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- hyrax