List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese crayfish (Cambaroides japonicus)
usually written using kana alone colloquial noun noun (generic)
- crayfish (esp. red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- striped shore crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- blue king crab (Paralithodes platypus)
- striped shore crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- red-clawed crab (Chiromantes haematocheir)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- concave land hermit crab (Coenobita cavipes)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- porcelain crab (any decapod crustacean of family Porcellanidae)
search-only kana form rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) derogatory usually written using kana alone
- red beard, person with a red beard
- Westerner
- Ryukyu robin (Erithacus komadori)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea), gray wagtail
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)