List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
gairaigo Chinese origin usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- yuan (monetary unit of China)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- small-scale whiting (Sillago parvisquamis), blue whiting
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- white-spotted char (Salvelinus leucomaenis leucomaenis), Japanese char
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- yellowtail blue snapper (Paracaesio xanthura), yellowback fusilier
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- spinycheek sleeper (Eleotris oxycephala), spined sleeper
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- yellow clown goby (Gobiodon okinawae)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- barred flagtail (Kuhlia mugil), five-bar flagtail
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- dusky frillgoby (Bathygobius fuscus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- snake mackerel (Gempylus serpens)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- blue trevally (Carangoides ferdau), banded trevally, barred trevally, Ferdau's trevally, Forskaal's jackfish