List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone rare term noun noun (generic)
- curlew (any bird of genus Numenius)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- grey-tailed tattler (Heteroscelus brevipes)
gairaigo English origin ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic)
- America, American
- fist
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- wandering tattler (Tringa incana)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- black-bellied plover, grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- skua (any bird of family Stercorariidae, incl. the jaegers)
- pomarine jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus), pomarine skua
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- parasitic jaeger, Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- long-tailed jaeger, long-tailed skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)