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)
- Sicyopterus japonicus (species of goby)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- shortbill spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- polka-dot ribbonfish (Desmodema polystictum)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- razorfish (Aeoliscus strigatus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Enneapterygius etheostomus (species of threefin blenny)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- telescopefish (Giganturidae spp., esp. species Gigantura chuni)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Sloane's viperfish (Chauliodus sloani)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- whiptail gulper (any gulper eel of family Saccopharyngidae)