List: word usually written using kana alone

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• velvet worm (Onychophora)

popular  rarely used kanji form  usually written using kana alone  expression  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• hopeless, futile, no use, beyond help, cannot be done

popular  rarely used kanji form  usually written using kana alone  expression 

• though, although, notwithstanding, in spite of, despite
• while, as, at the same time as

search-only kanji form  usually written using kana alone  expression 

• not worth (getting angry about, etc.)

usually written using kana alone  expression  conjunction 

• when it comes to ..., if one were to speak of ..., when one hears ...
• by ... you mean ..., when you say ... you mean that ..., so that means
• whenever ..., if it's ... then (without fail)

usually written using kana alone  expression  conjunction 

• as (X, then Y), with, in accordance with, in proportion to

usually written using kana alone  expression 

• if anything, if pushed I'd say, if I had to say

usually written using kana alone  pre-noun adjectival  adjective (generic) 

• ideal, desirable, the way something should be, target, goal

usually written using kana alone  conjunction 

• setting aside, leaving to one side

usually written using kana alone  conjunction 

• while, during, performed in this condition