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)
- hooded crane (Grus monacha)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- greater scaup (species of diving duck, Aythya marila)
rarely used kanji form irregular kanji usage usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Daurian redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese waxwing (species of passerine bird, Bombycilla japonica)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- herring gull (Larus argentatus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- stone curlew, thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata)