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)
- tang cai (Brassica rapa var. toona)
usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- shottsuru, salted and fermented fish sauce from Akita
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to grate
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Buckleya lanceolata (species of parasitic deciduous shrub)
noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- artificial hairpin with ornamental flowers
- chamomile sunray (Rhodanthe anthemoides)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sweet mochi cake
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Haast's eagle (Harpagornis moorei), Harpagornis eagle
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- long-legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Thunberg's geranium (Geranium thunbergii)