List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
gairaigo Central Khmer origin gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- (tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem, kiseru
- cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- glamorous, charming, fascinatingly elegant, lovely, gorgeous, beguiling, bewitching
gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic) colloquial
- salty
- calculating, stingy
- scowling, grimacing, frowning
- hoarse
- inferior, poor, boring, dull
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone expression
- at (a time or place), in, on
- in (a situation, matter, etc.), on (a point), when it comes to, regarding, with respect to, in (terms of), as to, as for
- on the part of, under the authority of, in the name of
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone expression
- in, at, for
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to parry, to sidestep, to dodge
usually written using kana alone adverb
- in general, on the whole, for the most part, by and large, almost all
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) abbreviation noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) noun (prefix)
- Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone), Japanese nightingale
- greenish brown
- beautiful voice, woman with a beautiful voice
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- common gull (Larus canus)
- gull (Laridae spp.), seagull