List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) abbreviation noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) slang sports noun (suffix) food, cooking
- (switched) off
- off-season
- offset
- off-road
- offline
- offline get-together
- offside
- day off
- off (the price)
- low- (calorie, sugar, etc.), reduced
popular noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone physics
- omega (last letter of the Greek alphabet)
- end, conclusion, ending, finality
- ohm (unit of electrical resistance)
- angular velocity
gairaigo Portuguese origin popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Netherlands, Holland
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) golf noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb
- (switched) on
- being on the green (of one's ball)
gairaigo Spanish origin ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cacao tree (Theobroma cacao), cocoa tree
gairaigo Dutch origin German origin popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone medicine noun noun (generic)
- catarrh
popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- catalog, catalogue
gairaigo Dutch origin popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Catholic, Catholicism, Catholic Church
popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Canada
gairaigo Spanish origin popular ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria)