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)
- white-toothed shrew (any rodent of genus Crocidura), shrew
popular ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Spain
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- porcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus), balloonfish
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossidae spp.), spiny anteater
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- rook (species of crow, Corvus frugilegus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone expression noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- just right, ideal, perfectly suitable
- fetch!, bring me ...
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Sagittaria trifolia var. edulis (edible variant of threeleaf arrowhead)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sirenian (any aquatic mammal of order Sirenia, incl. manatees, and dugongs), sea cow
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sea slug (various orthogastropod species, esp. of order Nudibranchia), nudibranch