List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
gairaigo Chinese origin usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- instant-boiled mutton (hot pot dish similar to shabu-shabu)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- carpet beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- black carpet beetle (Attagenus unicolor japonicus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bun filled with sweet green pea paste
slang derogatory jocular, humorous term usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- the left (wing), left-winger, leftist
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression
- (not) in any way, in no way, at all
usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- busy, hectic, frantic
- restless, hurried, fidgety
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone interjection
- oh!, dear me, my goodness, well well, I say
search-only kana form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- there's nothing we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have
- nonexistent, not in one's possession, we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have what we don't have
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- having absolutely nothing (left), being out of everything, absolutely nothing