List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone rare term noun noun (generic)
- ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Hida salamander (Hynobius kimurae)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- silverthorn (species of oleaster, Elaeagnus pungens), thorny elaeagnus, thorny olive
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- goumi (species of oleaster, Elaeagnus multiflora), cherry silverberry
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- crescent sweetlips (species of fish, Plectorhinchus cinctus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Elaeagnus multiflora var. hortensis (variety of goumi)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Elaeagnus multiflora var. hortensis (variety of goumi)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) Kantou-ben
- young Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata)
usually written using kana alone abbreviation noun noun (generic)
- swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)