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)
- Taiwanese bamboo raft
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Ludwigia stipulacea (species of primrose-willow)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)
- Trollius hondoensis (species of globeflower)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- olive-backed pipit (Anthus hodgsoni), Hodgson's tree pipit, Indian tree pipit
rarely used kanji form colloquial usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to find, to discover, to come across, to spot
ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) archaic
- sanity, soundness of mind, prudence and discretion
- drunkenness
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- common pill bug (Armadillidium vulgare)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- scarlet kadsura (Kadsura japonica)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone expression adverb
- in some way, somehow or other
- somewhere or other
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Lepus brachyurus lyoni (subspecies of Japanese hare)