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)
- goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa), black-tailed gazelle, Persian gazelle
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- gerenuk (Litocranius walleri), Waller's gazelle
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii), chiru
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Mongolian gazelle (Procapra gutturosa), zeren
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- fool, idiot
rarely used kana form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) Kansai-ben
- stupid face, foolish look on one's face
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to dazzle, to make dizzy, to bewilder
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone expression
- to (an extent), up to, so far as, even
- there is no need to ..., it should hardly be necessary to ...
- even if there is no need to ... (at least ...)
dated term usually written using kana alone expression Kyoto-ben
- probably good, fine, isn't it?, very well
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan