List: word usually written using kana alone

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• pyralid (any moth of family Pyralidae, many of which have larvae that devour foodstuffs)

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

• cricket (Gryllidae spp.)

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

• Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri)
• katydid, bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae), long-horned grasshopper
• cricket

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

• temple (on side of head)

obsolete reading  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial 

• mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis)
• being penniless, being broke

search-only kanji form  usually written using kana alone  adverb 

• with no ill feeling, openly, without reserve

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial 

• large snake
• heavy drinking, heavy drinker

irregular kanji usage  usually written using kana alone  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  intransitive verb 

• to wriggle, to squirm, to crawl like a worm