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)
- Old World forked fern (Dicranopteris linearis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Solomon's seal (Polygonatum falcatum)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- common water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- balloon vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum), love-in-a-puff
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- scarlet rosemallow (Hibiscus coccineus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Themeda triandra var. japonica (variety of kangaroo grass)
- Cymbopogon tortilis var. goeringii (variety of grass closely related to lemongrass)
- thatching grass, thatching sedge
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sweet viburnum (Viburnum odoratissimum)
- tree-shaped coral formation
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- honey locust (Gleditsia japonica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- planing (wood)