List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
search-only kana form rarely used kanji form 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)
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