List: word usually written using kana alone

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephala)

usually written using kana alone  rare term  noun  noun (generic) 

• hamster (any rodent of subfamily Cricetinae)

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• Ryukyu long-haired rat (Diplothrix legata)

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)