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)
- Hawker's least shrew (Sorex minutissimus hawkeri)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Azumi shrew (Sorex hosonoi)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Shirouma shrew (Sorex hosonoi shiroumanus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- slender shrew (Sorex gracillimus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Shinto shrew (Sorex shinto)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Laxmann's shrew (Sorex caecutiens), Baikal shrew
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- long-clawed shrew (Sorex unguiculatus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Asian lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura shantungensis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- lesser Ryukyu shrew (Crocidura watasei), Watase's shrew
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Dsinezumi shrew (Crocidura dsinezumi), Japanese white-toothed shrew