List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone pronoun
- that way, that direction, over there, yonder
- that (one)
- that person
- there, over there, foreign country (esp. a Western nation)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer)
- skinning (an animal), stripping (a tree of its bark), barking, skinner, barker
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) prefix
- azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyana)
- long-tailed
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- water flea (Daphnia spp.)
gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to doze (off)
ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- loquat (Eriobotrya japonica), Japanese medlar
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- shrike (any bird of family Laniidae)
- bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus), butcher bird
gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- centipede
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) go (game)
- crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
- monkey jump (endgame move)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- leech