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)
- blowfly (excluding bluebottles and greenbottles)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- psocid (any insect of order Psocoptera, which includes booklice)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- ox warble fly (Hypoderma bovis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Bombus ignitus (species of bumblebee)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese carpenter ant (Camponotus japonicus)
rare term usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese carpenter ant (Camponotus japonicus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- brow, forehead
- bump
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- carrion beetle (any beetle of family Silphidae, incl. burying beetles)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese cockchafer (Melolontha japonica)
obsolete kanji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- darner (any dragonfly of family Aeshnidae), devil's darning needle
- dragonfly (esp. a large one)