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)
- lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone expression
- even though, despite, notwithstanding
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- monarch birch (Betula maximowicziana), Japanese birch
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chinese mulberry (Morus bombycis)
- kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chinese flowering ash (Fraxinus lanuginosa form. serrata)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Eurasian hazel (Corylus avellana)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- lime-leaved maple (Acer distylum)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- oldham blueberry (Vaccinium oldhamii)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sargent cherry (Prunus sargentii)