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)
- oxpecker
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta)
- Madokai's cuttlefish (Sepia madokai)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese spineless cuttlefish (Sepiella japonica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta)
- Japanese spineless cuttlefish (Sepiella japonica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese jack mackerel, Japanese horse mackerel (Trachurus japonicus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- drum, croaker (any fish of the family Sciaenidae)
- Nibe croaker (Nibea mitsukurii)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- fish balls, fish dumplings
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- broadbanded thornyhead (Sebastolobus macrochir), broadfin thornyhead, kichiji rockfish
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga japonica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)