List: word usually written using kana alone

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

• evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)

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

• little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
• grebe (any waterbird of family Podicipedidae)

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

• cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono
• sash (worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip)
• obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product)

noun  noun (generic)  usually written using kana alone 

• powderized green laver
• blue-green algae (esp. Microcystis spp.), cyanobacteria
• algal bloom, water bloom

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

• in high spirits, excited, energetic

usually written using kana alone  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic) 

• pork bones
• dish of simmered pork with bones, flavored with sugar, sake and miso

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

• kana indicating the pronunciation of kanji, furigana

usually written using kana alone  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

• to wriggle

gairaigo  Chinese origin  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt

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

• Uighur (Turkic ethnic group), Uyghur, Uigur, Uygur