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)
- Japanese sardinella (Sardinella zunasi)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma), mud skate, shark ray
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- black marlin (Makaira indica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Acheilognathus typus (species of bitterling-like cyprinid)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese striped loach (Cobitis biwae)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- yellowfin puffer (Takifugu xanthopterus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- emperor red snapper (Lutjanus sebae), bourgeois red snapper, bourgeois fish
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- rosy bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- spottedtail morwong (Goniistius zonatus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chinese minnow (Phoxinus oxycephalus)