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)
- ruddy kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda)
usually written using kana alone suffix pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- the most ... of all (in team, department, class, etc.), the greatest ... in
usually written using kana alone expression ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- good (place to leave off), convenient
usually written using kana alone expression ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- endless, boundless
usually written using kana alone suffix ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- cannot completely ... (because it is excessive)
usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- poor-quality, shoddy, crude
- unskillful, inexpert, maladroit, inept, poor, foolish, clumsy
- unlucky
usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to provide, to arrange, to install
ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- knot (nautical mile per hour)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- okara, soy pulp, tofu dregs, edible pulp separated from soybean milk in the production of tofu
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cactus