List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to droop
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to lean coquettishly against, to snuggle into, to nestle into
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.), pick
- drumstick (for taiko), mallet (for a gong), beater
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to flatly refuse, to reject, to spurn
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- pestle
usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to raise (one's head)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) gardening, horticulture
- blurring (e.g. of an image), blur, gradient, gradation, shading
- bokashi composting, fermented composting
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to blur, to shade off, to gradate
- to obscure, to make ambiguous
irregular okurigana usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- vague, faint, dim, indistinct, hazy, blurry
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense), Chinese wolfberry, goji