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)
- Gentiana thunbergii (species of gentian)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Mackenzie's water hemlock (Cicuta virosa)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- southern crabgrass (Digitaria ciliaris)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Indian goosegrass (Eleusine indica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- groundhopper (esp. species Tetrix japonica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Pyrrosia tricuspis (species of felt fern)
usually written using kana alone expression noun noun (generic)
- false dragonhead (Physostegia virginiana), obedient plant
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- wooden dowel, draw pin, key, cotter
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- silver-lipped pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima), golden-lipped pearl oyster, white-lipped pearl oyster