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)
- warty frog shell (Bursa bufonia dunkeri)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- tiger moon shell (Natica tigrina)
ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Tectus maximus (species of top shell)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- spider conch (Lambis chiragra)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- chocolate cowry (Mauritia mauritiana), humpback cowry
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Omphalius pfeifferi pfeifferi (subspecies of top shell)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Strombus canarium turturella (subspecies of dog conch)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- common purple snail (Janthina janthina), common purple sea snail, violet snail, purple bubble raft snail, janthina
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- maculated top shell (Trochus maculatus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Bostrycapulus gravispinosus (species of spiny slipper snail)