List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
gairaigo Portuguese origin ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- lace, lacing braid
- chenille yarn
- tinsel
- pipe cleaner, fibre, paper, etc. twisted between a pair of wires
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- kakina (green leafy vegetable of the genus Brassica)
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Sargassum fulvellum (species of edible brown alga)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- error, mistake, fault
- sin, wrongdoing, offense
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- dicentra (Dicentra peregrina)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica), liverleaf
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica f. variegata), liverleaf
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- creeping lettuce (Ixeris stolonifera)
- southern crabgrass (Digitaria ciliaris)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- creeping lettuce (Ixeris stolonifera)
usually written using kana alone expression
- I've heard that ..., rumour has it that ...
- it appears as if ...