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 wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis), titlark
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- snow leopard (Panthera uncia), ounce
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- John Dory (Zeus faber)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi), Alaskan brown bear
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- marbled sole (Pleuronectes yokohamae)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- roundnose flounder (Eopsetta grigorjewi)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bamboo sole (Heteromycteris japonica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- slime flounder (Microstomus achne)