List: word usually written using kana alone

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• Whitmania pigra (species of leech)

irregular okurigana  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• Hirudo nipponia (species of blood-sucking leech)

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• Helobdella stagnalis (species of leech)

usually written using kana alone  expression  Ichidan verb  verb (generic) 

• to be taken aback, to be astonished, to be dumbfounded

usually written using kana alone  expression 

• well done, good job

usually written using kana alone  expression  auxiliary 

• does not seem (to be)

colloquial  usually written using kana alone  conjunction 

• meaning, called, said

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• European beech (Fagus sylvatica), common beech

irregular okurigana  usually written using kana alone  な adjective  adjective (generic) 

• quizzical, puzzled, inquisitive, suspicious, doubtful

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)