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)
- elephant seal (Mirounga spp.)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- spotted seal (Phoca largha)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- tuatara (primitive lizardlike reptile endemic to New Zealand)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) Kansai-ben Osaka-ben
- Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), harbour seal, common seal
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- peppered moth (Biston betularia)
usually written using kana alone rare term noun noun (generic)
- geometer moth caterpillar, geometrid caterpillar (of subfamily Ennominae)