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)
- lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), cowberry
ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sarsaparilla (Smilax regelii), sarsa
obsolete kanji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Smilax china (species of sarsaparilla)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) colloquial
- Smilax glabra (species of sarsaparilla)
- Smilax china (species of sarsaparilla)
usually written using kana alone archaic noun noun (generic)
- Poria cocos (species of basidiomycete used in Chinese medicine)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese sable (subspecies of sable native to Hokkaido, Martes zibellina brachyura)
usually written using kana alone rare term noun noun (generic)
- red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- chironomid (any insect of family Chironomidae), non-biting midge
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- biting midge, no-see-um (any insect of family Ceratopogonidae)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- eunicid (any worm of family Eunicidae)