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)
- Primula tosaensis (primrose species)
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- rock pine (Orostachys japonica)
usually written using kana alone go (game) noun noun (generic)
- throw-in, sacrifice stone inducing shortage of liberties, false eye, connect-and-die or a snapback.
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- fermented sweetfish entrails and roe
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella), cabbage moth
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- buttercup witch hazel (Corylopsis pauciflora), winter hazel
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- tea tussock moth (Arna pseudoconspersa), Japanese browntail moth
gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- elongate ilisha (Ilisha elongata), Chinese herring
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Genji firefly (Nipponoluciola cruciata)