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)
- spear squid (Loligo bleekeri)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Yakushima macaque (Macaca fuscata yakui)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- going along with a joke, etc. at the beginning then pointing out its ridiculousness
usually written using kana alone expression
- none
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic intransitive verb
- to work out a plan of deception, to scheme, to take in, to dupe, to deceive
- to think up a plan, to think over a plan
- to discuss, to consult
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Shudra, Sudra (member of India's worker caste)
ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Vaishya (member of India's merchant-and-farmer caste), Vaisya
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii)