List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris), great bittern
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- striated heron (Butorides striata), green-backed heron
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- yellowfin seabream (Acanthopagrus latus)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- red ring skirt (Hestina assimilis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Phalaenopsis japonica (species of orchid)
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- common map (Cyrestis thyodamas), map-wing butterfly
usually written using kana alone interjection
- see!, didn't I tell you (this would happen)?
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Pachyrhynchus infernalis