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)
- silver chimaera (Chimaera phantasma)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- yellow guitarfish (Rhinobatos schlegelii)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- banded houndshark (Triakis scyllium)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bullhead shark (esp. the Japanese bullhead shark, Heterodontus japonicus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- blotchy swell shark (Cephaloscyllium umbratile)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- salmon shark (Lamna ditropis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- starspotted smooth-hound (species of hound shark, Mustelus manazo)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- broad-winged damselfly (of family Calopterygidae)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sun bear (Helarctos malayanus), Malayan bear