List: word usually written using kana alone

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus)

rarely used kanji form  usually written using kana alone  Ichidan verb  verb (generic)  intransitive verb 

• to become hollow (with age, illness, etc.), to be scrawny, to be thin

usually written using kana alone  expression 

• cannot do without something, indispensable, absolutely necessary
• have to do

rarely used kanji form  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• hard roe (esp. salmon)

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

• to sell

usually written using kana alone  expression 

• dull, uninteresting, boring, tedious
• insignificant, unimportant, trifling, trivial, worthless
• absurd, foolish, silly
• useless, pointless, disappointing

usually written using kana alone  expression 

• dull, uninteresting, boring, tedious
• insignificant, unimportant, trifling, trivial, worthless
• absurd, foolish, silly
• useless, pointless, disappointing

noun (suffix)  noun (generic)  noun  colloquial  usually written using kana alone  expression 

• looking, viewing
• (please) try (to)

rarely used kanji form  usually written using kana alone  colloquial  particle 

• approximately, about
• only, nothing but
• just (finished, etc.)