List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone expression
- what
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) Kantou-ben
- unusually large tree
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Prunus spinulosa (Japanese species of prunus)
colloquial usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- high-handed person, domineering person
usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- chilled syrup, soft drink of malt syrup mixed with boiling water, ginger juice, grated ginger, sometimes sprinkled with cinnamon (used as a refreshing summer drink, similar to ginger ale)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Prunus zippeliana (East Asian species of prunus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chinese fringe tree (Chionanthus retusus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), sloe
rarely used kanji form dated term usually written using kana alone adverb
- finally
- barely, narrowly, hardly, only just
- gradually, little by little, by degrees
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- golden web spider (Nephila pilipes)