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)
- 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)
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)