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)
- flamingo (Phoenicopteridae)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone expression ใ adjective adjective (generic) auxiliary adjective
- always, forever
- very, greatly (esp. of hopes and desires)
colloquial usually written using kana alone expression
- I thought so, I suspected as much, just as I thought, now you're talking, that's the spirit
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- leaf insect (esp. species Phyllium pulchrifolium)
usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) colloquial ใช adjective irregular ru verb intransitive verb
- existing (at the present moment)
- alright, acceptable, passable
- to be (usu. of inanimate objects), to have
dated term usually written using kana alone conjunction interjection archaic
- therefore, thus, so
- well, then ...
- that's right, indeed, absolutely
- ... on earth?
usually written using kana alone expression
- for that very reason, that is exactly why ...
- as expected, just as one thought, sure enough
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- having no choice, at a loss for what to do, at one's wits' end, helpless, powerless
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- table cloth
usually written using kana alone suru verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to gather (of people), to assemble, to hang out
- to assemble (of troops), to be stationed, to be quartered