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)
- Hilgendorf's tube-nosed bat (Murina hilgendorfi)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- common stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), tuliptree, yellow poplar
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- white poplar (Populus alba), abele
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- football fish (any fish of family Himantolophidae, esp. the Atlantic footballfish, Himantolophus groenlandicus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sarracenia
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Cyathea spinulosa (species of tree fern)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Cyathea mertensiana (species of tree fern)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Cucurbita pepo, diverse species that includes many varieties of pumpkin, squash and zucchini