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)
- Japanese mitten crab (Eriocheir japonica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Heike crab
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- red snow crab (Chionoecetes japonicus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Asian shore crab (Hemigrapsus sanguineus)
obsolete kanji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus), Japanese blue crab
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone suffix
- apiece, each
- at a time, piecemeal
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chinese spiranthis (Spiranthes sinensis var. amoena)
usually written using kana alone suffix
- seeming, giving the appearance of, giving one the feeling of