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)
- beluga (species of sturgeon, Huso huso)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- crease (from folding)
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- hard-to-do, difficult, tough, awkward, tricky
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Auckland teal (Anas aucklandica), Auckland Islands teal
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Fuegian steamer duck (Tachyeres pteneres), Magellanic flightless steamer duck
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Falkland steamer duck (Tachyeres brachypterus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- horned screamer (Anhima cornuta)
usually written using kana alone slang noun noun (generic)
- place (to run a business, e.g. street stall)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- fooling around with objects (type of improvised comedy act), prop comedy
usually written using kana alone adverb
- before one knows, before one becomes aware of, unnoticed, unawares