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)
- field mouse, meadow mouse
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- wild rose, briar
- multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora), baby rose, Japanese rose
popular ateji rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- indiscriminately, blindly, at random, recklessly, thoughtlessly, excessively, profusely
- indiscriminate, random, excessive
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- rape (seed oil plant, Brassica campestris)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- large brown cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata), aburazemi
obsolete kanji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) Kansai-ben rare term archaic
- aphid, plant louse
- cockroach
- Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus)
- hanger-on, parasite
- visitor to a red-light district who's only there to look
usually written using kana alone adverb
- even at the best of times, already, (even) under normal circumstances, in addition to, as it is
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) adverb noun noun (generic)
- as it is, plain (truth), bare, undisguised, unvarnished, unexaggerated, honest, true, frank, candid
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic)
- common, commonplace, ordinary, familiar, everyday, garden-variety, trite, stale, hackneyed, stereotyped
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- unbelievable (extent)