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) archaic
- goosefish (any fish of family Lophiidae), monkfish, sea devil
- curved gutter
- fool
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- goby (fish)
- yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- flathead (esp. the bartailed flathead, Platycephalus indicus)
ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) slang noun (prefix)
- dried squid, dried cuttlefish
- Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus)
- (thing that) grows on one over time
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) rare term
- striped mullet (Mugil cephalus), flathead grey mullet, black mullet
- redlip mullet (Chelon haematocheilus)
search-only kana form rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression adverb
- in the end, after all is said and done
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- orca (Orcinus orca), killer whale, grampus
- shachi, mythical carp with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish, considered auspicious protectors of well-being
- roof ornament in the shape of a shachi (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- shachihoko, shachi, mythical animal with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish
- roof ornament in the shape of a shachihoko (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) archaic
- catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus)
- earthquake
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- gills, branchia
- angle of the mandible, gonial angle