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)
- 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)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Daito flying fox (Pteropus dasymallus daitoensis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Okinawa flying fox (Pteropus loochoensis)
usually written using kana alone rare term noun noun (generic)
- dung beetle
usually written using kana alone colloquial noun noun (generic)
- dung beetle, tumblebug
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- scarab beetle, sacred scarab (Scarabaeus sacer)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- leaf beetle (of family Chrysomelidae)