List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- having no way to relieve (one's grief, mortification, etc.), unable to give vent to (one's anger)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- vaquita (Phocoena sinus), cochito, gulf porpoise
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- baiji (Lipotes vexillifer), Chinese river dolphin, Yangtze dolphin
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chinese white dolphin (Sousa chinensis chinensis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis), southern minke whale
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei)