List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone rare term noun noun (generic)
- Japanese alpine cherry (Prunus nipponica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- moonflower (Ipomoea alba)
usually written using kana alone rare term noun noun (generic)
- moonflower (Ipomoea alba)
noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone hanafuda archaic
- lick
- bottom card of the draw pile
- tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison, medicine taster
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- stingy, mean, tight-fisted, cheap
- narrow-minded, petty, mean
- shabby, poor
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to stumble (over), to trip
- to fail, to suffer a setback
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd), gourd (container) made from its fruit
- Lagenaria siceraria var. depressa (variety of bottle gourd)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus), Temminck's cormorant
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Huns