List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
irregular kanji usage usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana), Gray's bird cherry, Gray's chokecherry
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Wright viburnum (viburnum wrightii)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese spindle tree (Euonymus sieboldianus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Ilex macropoda (species of holly)
gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese wing nut (Pterocarya rhoifolia)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- heartleaf hornbeam (Carpinus cordata)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Manchurian ash (Fraxinus mandshurica var. japonica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Korean spindletree (Euonymus oxyphyllus)