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)
- Vulsella vulsella (species of clam)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- hedge bamboo (Bambusa multiplex), golden goddess bamboo
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Bambusa multiplex var. elegans (variety of hedge bamboo)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Morus kagayamae (species of mulberry)
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Mercurialis leiocarpa (species of mercury whose leaves can be used to produce an indigo dye)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cross-head screw, Phillips-head screw, Phillips screw
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone rare term noun noun (generic)
- cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum), cardamon
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- blur, lack of focus, unsharpness
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- luo han guo (Siraitia grosvenorii), herbaceous perennial vine native to China and Thailand, fruit of the Siraita grosvenorii
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- butyric acid producing bacillus (Clostridium butyricum)