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)
- fishing weir, fish weir, fish trap, pouch-shaped bamboo fence across river, etc.
usually written using kana alone expression
- of all people
usually written using kana alone conjunction
- nevertheless, still, however, yet
gairaigo Dutch origin ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun (prefix) abbreviation
- Jakarta
- Java
- potato (Solanum tuberosum)
- striped fabric imported from Java (often cotton, sometimes mixed with silk)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Australian green tree frog (Litoria caerulea), green tree frog, White's tree frog, dumpy tree frog
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- poison dart frog (Dendrobatidae spp.), dart-poison frog
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cops and robbers (hide-and-seek game)
usually written using kana alone expression adverb
- in the meantime, meanwhile
architecture noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone colloquial
- height (of a building, etc.)
- height (of a person or thing)
honorific language usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to do