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)
- bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), lammergeier
idiomatic expression usually written using kana alone expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to call dibs, to establish a claim, to spit on (thus preventing others from taking it)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- value in doing something, feeling that something is worth doing, rewarding feeling, sense of satisfaction
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