List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- thresher shark (esp. the common thresher shark, Alopias vulpinus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese angel shark (Squatina japonica)
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)