List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- maze
usually written using kana alone adverb
- a lot, many
- (not) much, (not) many, almost (none), hardly, barely
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Russian tortoise (Agrionemys horsfieldii), Horsfield's tortoise, Central Asian tortoise, steppe tortoise, four-toed tortoise
abbreviation usually written using kana alone mahjong noun noun (generic)
- half flush, winning hand containing one suit and honor tiles
usually written using kana alone expression
- no matter what, whatever you say, in the end, after all
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- pollen-free Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- phorid fly
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone mahjong noun noun (generic)
- declaring that one is one tile away from winning on one's first discard and before any tiles have been called or kongs declared
- being one step away from victory, with two paths to achieve it
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- quoll (Dasyurus spp.)
gairaigo Chinese origin usually written using kana alone mahjong noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- drawing a tile from the wall
- win with a self-drawn tile
- winning off a self-drawn tile while completely concealed (meld), winning off a self-drawn tile without having called any tiles