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)
- Okinawa rail (Gallirallus okinawae)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- blister beetle, oil beetle (insects family Meloidae)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bean blister beetle (Epicauta gorhami)
usually written using kana alone colloquial noun noun (generic)
- tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- American badger (Taxidea taxus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Hokkaido brown bear (Ursus arctos yesoensis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Tasmanian tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus), thylacine, Tasmanian wolf
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- northern Ryukyu fruit bat (Pteropus dasymallus dasymallus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Bonin flying fox (Pteropus pselaphon)