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)
- landlocked masu salmon
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- wolf spider (any spider of family Lycosidae)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese foliage spider (Chiracanthium japonicum)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- jumping spider (any spider of family Salticidae)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- brittle star (any starfish-like echinoderm of the order Ophiuroidea), brittlestar
- Ophioplocus japonicus (species of brittlestar)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- basket star (any brittlestar of family Euryalina), basket fish
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- schizomid (any arachnid of order Schizomida)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- pseudoscorpion (any arachnid of order Pseudoscorpionida), false scorpion
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- whip scorpion (Thelyphonida spp.)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Angelica dahurica (species of angelica)