List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic)
- useless, vain, aimless, idle
usually written using kana alone expression adverb
- since some time or another, since who-knows-when
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese mountain ash (Sorbus japonica), Japanese whitebeam
usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near), to fade, to shrivel
- to pass one's prime, to start deteriorating, to begin to decline
usually written using kana alone expression い adjective adjective (generic)
- not funny, not a laughing matter, not a joke
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- hyuganatsu (species of citrus, Citrus tamurana)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- raigan (Omphalia lapidescens), parasitic fungus which grows on bamboo, used in Chinese medicine
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus), butter bean
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Phacelurus latifolius (species of perennial grass)
noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- call of a wild goose
- wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus)
- tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro), high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro)