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)
- long-legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Thunberg's geranium (Geranium thunbergii)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese copperhead (Gloydius blomhoffii), mamushi pit-viper
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Galรกpagos tortoise (Geochelone nigra), Galapagos giant tortoise
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- great frigatebird (Fregata minor)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- black swallower (Chiasmodon niger)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Ceriagrion nipponicum (species of damselfly)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cops and robbers (hide-and-seek game)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- dลsa, sizing solution made of alum and glue for treating washi