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)
- blackbird (Turdus merula)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Old World flycatcher (any bird of family Muscicapinae, esp. the typical flycatchers of subfamily Muscicapinae)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- common starling, European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus), crested mynah
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- common myna (Acridotheres tristis), Indian myna, common mynah, Indian mynah
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)