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)
- Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), Mongolian jird
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis)
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- jerboa (any rodent of family Dipodidae)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- small Japanese field mouse (Apodemus argenteus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese red-backed vole (Myodes andersoni)
- red-backed vole (any rodent of genus Myodes)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)
usually written using kana alone rare term expression noun noun (generic)
- Indian silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
obsolete reading obsolete kanji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Eurya japonica (species of evergreen related to sakaki)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chonowski's hornbeam (Carpinus tschonoskii)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese hornbeam (Carpinus japonica)