List: word usually written using kana alone

popular  usually written using kana alone  suffix 

• way, manner, style
• (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years), after ...
• ...-sized, amount (equivalent to ...)
• tune, tone

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N2  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• furigana, kana printed above or next to kanji to indicate pronunciation

popular  search-only kana form  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• painful, bitter, heart-breaking, difficult (emotionally)
• tough, difficult, hard (usu. of situations)
• cruel, harsh, cold

popular  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• carrot (Daucus carota)
• Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N1  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• dustpan

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  adverb 

• finally, in the end, at last
• in the end, after all, never (happened)

popular  rarely used kanji form  search-only kanji form  usually written using kana alone  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• fresh and youthful, lively, vibrant, vivacious, juicy (e.g. fruit)

popular  search-only kana form  JLPT N4  usually written using kana alone  い adjective  adjective (generic)  colloquial  adverb 

• terrible, dreadful
• amazing (e.g. of strength), great (e.g. of skills), wonderful, terrific
• to a great extent, vast (in numbers)
• awfully, very, immensely

popular  JLPT N4  usually written using kana alone  adverb 

• as (much) as possible, as (much) as one can, wherever practicable, if possible

popular  ateji  search-only kanji form  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  な adjective  adjective (generic)  adverb  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の 

• unfortunately, sorry, but ...