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)
- black Japanese striped snake (Elaphe quadrivirgata), Japanese black ratsnake
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- common vetch (Vicia sativa), tare
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- presumptuous, impertinent, impudent, cheeky
- ridiculous, laughable, absurd
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- careless, thoughtless, stupid, heedless, unobservant, inadvertent, incautious
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- tree frog (esp. the Japanese tree frog, Hyla japonica)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to peep (through), to peek, to examine (esp. covertly)
- to await (one's chance)
- to guess, to infer, to gather, to surmise
gairaigo Chinese origin usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- wonton (Chinese dumpling), won ton, wantan, wanton, wuntun
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- wild sesame (Perilla frutescens var. frutescens), oilseed perilla, egoma
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), winter mushroom, velvet shank, enokitake, enokidake
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- round, circular, spherical
- mellow (flavour, voice, etc.), mild, smooth