List: word usually written using kana alone

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• mule

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• donkey, ass

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

• dice, die

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death), death's head, cranium

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• albacore (Thunnus alalunga), germon

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• mane (of a horse, lion, etc.)

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

• to cry out in one's sleep (e.g. from having a nightmare), to moan (in anguish) in one's sleep

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  archaic 

• goosefish (any fish of family Lophiidae), monkfish, sea devil
• curved gutter
• fool

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

• goby (fish)
• yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus)

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• flathead (esp. the bartailed flathead, Platycephalus indicus)