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)
- 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)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whales or blackfish)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhyncus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas)