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)
- sailfin sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus), Japanese sandfish
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sillago (any fish of genus Sillago, esp. the Japanese whiting, Sillago japonica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) Touhoku-ben
- daggertooth pike conger (Muraenesox cinereus)
- conger eel, garden eel
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) Kansai-ben
- (large) shark
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese sea bass (Lateolabrax japonicus)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- domestic goose
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- quail
- Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- any bird of family Motacillidae (excluding the pipits), wagtail, longclaw
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) archaic
- francolin (partridge-like bird of genus Francolinus)
- partridge (of genus Perdix)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- partridge (of genus Perdix)