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)
- Pteria brevialata (species of wing oyster)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- black-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- ass's ear abalone (Haliotis asinina), donkey's ear abalone
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese geoduck (Panopea japonica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Pinna bicolor (species of pen shell)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- trigoniid (any clam of family Trigoniidae)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Unio douglasiae (species of freshwater mussel)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- dilate piddock (Barnea dilatata)