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)
- Coreoperca herzi (species of temperate perch)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese crucian carp (Carassius cuvieri), white crucian carp
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- map puffer (Arothron mappa)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) colloquial
- double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma)
- Taiwan (nickname)
- Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami)
- main table (at a wedding celebration)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- blackbelly triggerfish (Rhinecanthus verrucosus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- grass puffer (Takifugu niphobles)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Indo-Pacific tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Euscaphis japonica (species of tree)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- upside-down catfish (Synodontis nigriventris)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- longspine snipefish (Macroramphosus scolopax), common bellowsfish, snipe-fish, snipefish, spine trumpet fish, trumpetfish