List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone colloquial rare term noun noun (generic)
- common buzzard (Buteo buteo)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- mantidfly (any insect of the family Mantispidae)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Indo-Pacific mantis (Hierodula patellifera)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- spangle (species of black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- citrus swallowtail (species of butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chinese peacock (species of swallowtail butterfly, Papilio bianor)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cut-tailed bullhead (species of catfish, Pseudobagrus aurantiacus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Calopteryx cornelia (species of damselfly)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese eight-barbel loach (Lefua echigonia)