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)
- Eurasian reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Latham's snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)
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)