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)
- freshwater goby (any fish of genus Rhinogobius)
- dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus)
- Gymnogobius urotaenia (species of goby)
- Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- black-headed monitor (Varanus tristis), freckled monitor
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii), Salvadori's monitor, Papua monitor, artellia
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- savanna monitor (Varanus exanthematicus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to sub-Saharan Africa), Bosc's monitor
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus), water leguaan
ateji rarely used kanji form historical term usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Abyssinia, Ethiopia
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- beginning, clue, starting point
usually written using kana alone expression auxiliary
- does not seem (to be)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Yemen monitor (Varanus yemenensis)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- water monitor (Varanus salvator), common water monitor