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)
- angled luffa (Luffa acutangula), Chinese okra, dish cloth gourd, ridged gourd, sponge gourd, vegetable gourd, strainer vine, ribbed loofah, silky gourd, silk gourd, sinkwa towelsponge
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- gutweed (Ulva intestinalis), grass kelp
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- hitoegusa (Monostroma nitidum)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Petalonia binghamiae (edible species of brown algae)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Ecklonia stolonifera (edible species of brown algae)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Pyropia kurogii (species of red algae)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- kagome kombu (Saccharina sculpera)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Campylaephora hypnaeoides (species of red algae), egonori
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- devil weed (Sargassum horneri)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Okinawan Japanese