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)
- Asian serviceberry (Amelanchier asiatica), shadberry, juneberry, shadbush, shadblow
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- European eel (Anguilla anguilla)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- winter moth (Geometridae spp.)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Aralia glabra (species of spikenard)
usually written using kana alone expression noun noun (generic)
- khat tree (Catha edulis), qat tree
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Norway spruce (Picea abies)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cudweed (Gnaphalium japonicum)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- potato bean (Apios americana), hog peanut, hopniss, Indian potato, groundnut, ground pea