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) abbreviation
- Japanese Babylon (Babylonia japonica), Japanese ivory shell
- spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese Babylon shell)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Korean mussel (Mytilus coruscus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Soletellina diphos (species of clam)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- skirt steak, meat cut from the diaphragm
- belly meat (e.g. salmon), peritoneal meat (e.g. chicken)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- American wigeon (Anas americana)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- harlequin glorybower (Clerodendrum trichotomum)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- huangjiu, undistilled Chinese alcohol made of fermented grains
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Eupatorium makinoi (species of boneset)