List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
obsolete kanji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- dark chub (Nipponocypris temminckii)
obsolete kanji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- blackthroat seaperch (Doederleinia berycoides), rosy seabass
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Bensasi goatfish (Upeneus japonicus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- redlip mullet (Chelon haematocheilus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- ground squirrel (esp. the Daurian ground squirrel, Spermophilus dauricus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- ground squirrel (esp. a ground squirrel of North America or Africa)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- climbing perch (esp. of genus Anabas)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- roundtail paradisefish (Macropodus ocellatus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis)