List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- udon in soup thickened with (powdered) kudzu
usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- foolish, idiotic, stupid, ridiculous, absurd
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- box turtle
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chinese box turtle (Cuora flavomarginata)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese linden (Tilia japonica)
usually written using kana alone suffix
- covered with, stained, smeared
usually written using kana alone expression
- just as one was told, like she (he) said
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- American dune grass (Leymus mollis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata), sulcata tortoise
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone rare term noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- (this) small amount, (such a) paltry amount, only this much, slightest bit