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)
- horned dung beetle (Copris ochus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- flower chafer (any flower beetle of tribe Cetoniini)
- Eucetonia pilifera (flower chafer species of tribe Cetoniini)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- dor beetle (of family Geotrupidae)
- Geotrupes laevistriatus (species of dor beetle)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- European tortoise, Greek tortoise (Testudo graeca)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Erabu black-banded sea krait (Laticauda semifasciata)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Erabu black-banded sea krait (Laticauda semifasciata)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) archaic
- ground beetle, carabid (esp. of subfamily Carabinae)
- millipede
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- ground beetle, carabid (esp. of superfamily Caraboidea, but excluding subfamily Carabinae)
- Anisodactylus signatus (species of ground beetle)
search-only kana form ateji usually written using kana alone expression
- I love you
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cucurbit leaf beetle (Aulacophora femoralis)