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)
- bib, drool bib
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Pyropia tenera (species of edible seaweed)
- dried nori, dried laver
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- common liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha)
- liverwort
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- baby spotted turtle, immature Japanese pond turtle, young Japanese terrapin
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- goatee
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- porcupine, hedgehog
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese hawthorn (Crataegus cuneata), may, quickthorn, whitethorn
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii)
- mountain bird
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- tiger keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Rhododendron kaempferi (species of rhododendron)