List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
gairaigo Portuguese origin popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone historical term noun noun (generic)
- Christianity (in feudal Japan), Christian
gairaigo Portuguese origin popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Christ
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- kilogram, kilogramme
gairaigo French origin popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- kilometer, kilometre
gairaigo Portuguese origin popular obsolete reading ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Greece
gairaigo Chinese origin historical term usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- coolie
popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Kuwait
gairaigo Portuguese origin popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cross sign
popular irregular reading ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Guam
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- gram, gramme