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)
- Daito flying fox (Pteropus dasymallus daitoensis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Okinawa flying fox (Pteropus loochoensis)
usually written using kana alone rare term noun noun (generic)
- dung beetle
usually written using kana alone colloquial noun noun (generic)
- dung beetle, tumblebug
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- scarab beetle, sacred scarab (Scarabaeus sacer)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- leaf beetle (of family Chrysomelidae)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- horned dung beetle (Copris ochus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- flower chafer (any flower beetle of tribe Cetoniini)
- Eucetonia pilifera (flower chafer species of tribe Cetoniini)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- dor beetle (of family Geotrupidae)
- Geotrupes laevistriatus (species of dor beetle)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- European tortoise, Greek tortoise (Testudo graeca)