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)
- calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Scirpus hotarui (species of bulrush)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
usually written using kana alone rare term noun noun (generic)
- pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
usually written using kana alone rare term noun noun (generic)
- electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata), marbled eel
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Far Eastern brook lamprey (Lethenteron reissneri), sand lamprey
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- birch tree (esp. the Japanese white birch, Betula platyphylla var. japonica)