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)
- taro (Colocasia esculenta), cocoyam, dasheen
usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- chop suey
gairaigo Chinese origin usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis; esp. cultivars with green stalks), pak choi
gairaigo French origin rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- decimetre, decimeter
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Palaeoloxodon naumanni (extinct species of elephant)
usually written using kana alone expression
- thereabouts, vicinity, that area
- that situation, those circumstances
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- door frame, window frame, frame sections of the door or window that provide most of its structural integrity
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- serow, wild goat
usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- sweet-smelling, scentful, fragrant
usually written using kana alone expression ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- invisible, unseen
- vague, mysterious
- imaginary