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)
- pale grass blue (species of gossamer-winged butterfly, Pseudozizeeria maha)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese horse mussel (Modiolus nipponicus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Indigofera pseudotinctoria (species of legume)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Elatostema umbellatum var. majus (variety of plant related to the nettles)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Brassica campestris var. laciniifolia (variety of wild mustard)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese glass shrimp (Pasiphaea japonica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- broad velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis lata)
- shiba shrimp (Metapenaeus joyneri)
usually written using kana alone archaic interjection
- excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
- right?, don't you agree?