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)
- froghopper (any insect of family Cercopidae), spittlebug
obsolete kanji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- gall wasp (any insect of family Cynipidae)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- leafcutter ant
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- robber fly (any fly of family Asilidae)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- scorpionfly (esp. the Japanese scorpionfly, Panorpa japonica), scorpion fly
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Formosan subterranean termite (Coptotermes formosanus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Micadina phluctaenoides (species of stick insect)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea), walkingstick, stick insect, leaf insect
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- potter wasp (esp. species Eumenes mikado)
usually written using kana alone rare term noun noun (generic)
- bobolink (species of songbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorous)