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)
- Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- false daphne (Daphniphyllum macropodum), yuzuriha
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- whitebait
- elver (young eel)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto), collared dove
irregular okurigana usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- white clover (Trifolium repens), Dutch clover
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Berlin (Germany)
dated term usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic)
- this sort of, of this kind, of the sort, such
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- zitting cisticola (Cisticola juncidis), fan-tailed warbler
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- strawberry saxifrage (Saxifraga stolonifera), mother-of-thousands, creeping saxifrage, strawberry geranium