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)
- Yanbaru long-armed scarab beetle (Cheirotonus jambar)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cupreous chafer (scarabaeid beetle, Anomala cuprea)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- diving beetle
- Japanese predacious diving beetle (Cybister japonicus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- click beetle, skipjack (beetle of family Elateridae)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Gonista bicolor (species of grasshopper resembling the Oriental longheaded locust)
usually written using kana alone colloquial noun noun (generic) obsolete term
- male Oriental longheaded locust (Acrida cinerea)
- Gonista bicolor (species of grasshopper resembling the Oriental longheaded locust)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- ringed seal (Pusa hispida)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bottlenose dolphin, bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
usually written using kana alone rare term noun noun (generic)
- bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)