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)
- Corbicula japonica (species of basket clam)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Asian green mussel (Perna viridis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Pronodularia japanensis (species of freshwater mussel)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Uperotus clava (species of shipworm)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- pale grass blue (species of gossamer-winged butterfly, Pseudozizeeria maha)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese horse mussel (Modiolus nipponicus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Indigofera pseudotinctoria (species of legume)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Elatostema umbellatum var. majus (variety of plant related to the nettles)