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)
- Sloane's viperfish (Chauliodus sloani)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- whiptail gulper (any gulper eel of family Saccopharyngidae)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- flathead (Platycephalus sp.)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), king salmon, tyee salmon, Columbia River salmon, black salmon, chub salmon, hook bill salmon, winter salmon, spring salmon, quinnat salmon, blackmouth
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- black and white snapper (Macolor niger)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chlorophthalmus borealis (species of greeneye)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- long snouted lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Pacific blackdragon (Idiacanthus antrostomus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- triplewart seadevil (Cryptopsaras couesii)