noun (common) (futsuumeishi) word usually written using kana alone Latham's snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) word usually written using kana alone sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)