noun (common) (futsuumeishi) word usually written using kana alone ruff;reeve (species of sandpiper, Philomachus pugnax)

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)