List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Yangon (Myanmar), Rangoon
ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- uranium (U)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) rare term
- mekuri karuta, deck of 48 (later 49) cards or the fishing game played with it, esp. popular in the late Edo period
- hanafuda
usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- starchy solution formed during rice cooking
usually written using kana alone expression
- outrageous, scandalous, inexcusable, disgraceful, shameful, rude
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bailer (boat)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bending, warping, flexibility, pliability
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- utensil made by hollowing out wood
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- coherence, order, focus, point
ateji rarely used kanji form dated term usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cholera