List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular gikun or jukujikun search-only kana form search-only kanji form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- funny, amusing, comical, laughable, ridiculous
- strange, odd, funny, peculiar, weird, wrong, unusual, eccentric
- wrong, unsuitable, improper, inappropriate, unbecoming
- suspicious
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Aster yomena (Asiatic species of aster)
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- domestic duck
usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to succeed in doing, to manage to do, to finish doing
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
obsolete reading rarely used kana form rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- puffer fish, blow fish, fugu, globefish, swellfish
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), hippo
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cassowary (Casuarius spp.)
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Burmese rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus), angsana, amboyna, amboina
- flowering quince (of genus Chaenomeles) (Pseudocydonia sinensis), Chinese quince (Chaenomeles sinensis)
- quince (Cydonia oblonga)
ateji usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- karintล (sugar-coated cookie made from fried dough)