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)
- Salix koriyanagi (species of willow)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- osier (Salix viminalis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- chosenia (Chosenia arbutifolia)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Salix urbaniana (species of willow)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- nostoc
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Potentilla yokusaiana (species of cinquefoil)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- true indigo (Indigofera tinctoria)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Oscillatoria (cyanobacteria)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Russian false yellow lupine (Thermopsis lupinoides)