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)
- Brassica campestris var. laciniifolia (variety of wild mustard)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese glass shrimp (Pasiphaea japonica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- broad velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis lata)
- shiba shrimp (Metapenaeus joyneri)
usually written using kana alone archaic interjection
- excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
- right?, don't you agree?
search-only kana form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- ASCII art
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- leaving (a light, TV, etc.) on, leaving engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
search-only kanji form dated term usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- absentmindedness, dreaminess, carelessness
- fool, blockhead, idiot, simpleton, dunce
- hollowness, emptiness
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Siebold's wild ginger (Asarum sieboldii)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- scimitar oryx (Oryx dammah), scimitar-horned oryx
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- jacana (esp. the pheasant-tailed jacana, Hydrophasianus chirurgus), lily-trotter