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)
- hazel grouse (Bonasa bonasia)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus), red grouse
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- inshore hagfish (Eptatretus burgeri)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- hagfish (esp. Myxine garmani)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- potato (Solanum tuberosum)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- eastern skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
colloquial usually written using kana alone interjection
- It's nothing!, Don't mention it!
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sunbird (any bird in the family Nectariniidae)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sunset morpho (butterfly, Morpho hecuba)