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)
- harlequin sandsmelt (Parapercis pulchella)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Omobranchus elegans (species of combtooth blenny)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Hemibarbus barbus (species of cyprinid)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sawfish (Pristidae spp.)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Carassius auratus grandoculis (subspecies of goldfish)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Richardson's dragonet (Repomucenus richardsonii), Richard's dragonet
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Nipponocypris sieboldii (species of cyprinid)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- double-lined mackerel (Grammatorcynus bilineatus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus), Napoleon wrasse, Napoleonfish, Maori wrasse
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sabre-toothed blenny (Aspidontus taeniatus)