Independent Non-Inflecting Words
General Rule 3
Main Rule
Besides the exceptions following General Rule 4, nouns do not take okurigana.
Examples:
月 鳥 花 山
男 女
彼 何
Exceptions
(1) The final syllable of the following [18] words is attached as okurigana.
辺り
哀れ
勢い
幾ら
後ろ
傍ら
幸い
幸せ
全て
互い
便り
半ば
情け
斜め
独り
誉れ
自ら
災い
(2) Nouns that use the numeric counter つ attach つ as okurigana.
Examples:
一つ 二つ 三つ 幾つ