List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
colloquial dated term usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- true friend, close friend
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to live, to make a living, to get on with
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- chopsticks
gairaigo Portuguese origin ateji archaic usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- brother, lay brother, non-ordained member of a Christian religious order
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Kyoto-style side dish, meal of side dishes
usually written using kana alone adverb
- certainly, for sure
- distinctly, clearly, exactly
- firmly, tightly
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- weeping forsythia (Forsythia suspensa), weeping golden bell
rarely used kanji form colloquial usually written using kana alone pronoun
- I, we
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone conjunction
- if so, in that case, in that situation