List: word usually written using kana alone

search-only kanji form  rare term  slang  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• good friend (esp. one has become acquainted with at a gambling den)

gikun or jukujikun  search-only kanji form  dated term  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• scrotum
• pinecone

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• common vetch (Vicia sativa), tare

search-only kana form  search-only kanji form  usually written using kana alone  expression  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• big and brawny, well-built, gigantic

search-only kanji form  usually written using kana alone  dated term  poetical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• Empire (of Japan), the (Japanese) Empire, Japan

gikun or jukujikun  obsolete reading  poetical term  usually written using kana alone  adverb 

• for the whole day, all day

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

• pine moth (Dendrolimus spectabilis)

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• larva of the pine moth (Dendrolimus spectabilis)

usually written using kana alone  colloquial  い adjective  adjective (generic)  Kansai-ben 

• warm, mild, (pleasantly) hot

usually written using kana alone  colloquial  い adjective  adjective (generic)  Kantou-ben  Kansai-ben 

• warm, mild, (pleasantly) hot