List: word usually written using kana alone

colloquial  usually written using kana alone  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• small, little, tiny

usually written using kana alone  expression 

• unless (you do something)

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• sidelocks, hair at the temples

popular  usually written using kana alone  expression 

• may, might, perhaps, may be, possibly

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• (woman's) ugly or homely face, old bag

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• Nebuta, nighttime festival in Tōhoku (esp. Aomori)

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• closing bracket, closing parenthesis

usually written using kana alone  adverb 

• as usual

ateji  usually written using kana alone  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic) 

• to yell, to shout, to scream, to bawl

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  noun (prefix)  suffix 

• chicken bones (e.g. for soup), chicken carcass
• poor-quality coke (coal)
• left-overs, remnants