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)
- spatula, (fabric) tracing spatula, (pottery) pallet
- (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
irregular kanji usage usually written using kana alone adverb
- wholly (due to), entirely, solely
- earnestly, intently, sincerely
ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- strange, weird, odd
- strange thing, strange person
ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- strange, odd, queer, peculiar, weird
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- katakana, angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- common morel (Morchella esculenta), yellow morel
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Sesarmops intermedium (species of grapsoid crab)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- orpine (any plant of family Crassulaceae, esp. the garden stonecrop, Hylotelephium erythrostictum)
ateji search-only kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- unsatisfying, disappointing, abrupt, not enough, too quick, too short, over too soon
abbreviation usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to leave alone, to leave as is, to ignore, to neglect