List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- passage, section
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- broadnose sevengill shark (Notorynchus cepedianus, species of circumglobal cow shark with 7 gill slits)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus, only member of Carcharhinus found mostly at temperate latitudes), bronze whaler, narrowtooth shark
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- ferret badger (esp. the Chinese ferret-badger, Melogale moschata)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese azalea (Rhododendron japonicum), renge azalea
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) archaic
- Rhododendron macrosepalum
- Japanese azalea (Rhododendron japonicum), renge azalea
colloquial usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- at first glance poor, but on closer examination skillful (of artwork, etc.), crude but charming, poorly made but captivating
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sawtooth stag beetle (Prosopocoilus inclinatus), saw stag beetle
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Miyama stag beetle (Lucanus maculifemoratus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- egg crab (Atergatis spp.)