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) archaic
- nodding anemone (Anemone cernua)
- chrysanthemum
- pine
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Berchemia racemosa (species of flowering plant related to buckthorn)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese buckthorn (Rhamnus japonica var. decipiens)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- common vervain (Verbena officinalis), common verbena
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), European roe
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus)
usually written using kana alone rare term noun noun (generic)
- softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)
usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- lousy, lice-ridden, covered in lice
search-only kanji form honorific language abbreviation usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
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