List: word usually written using kana alone

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  Kansai-ben 

• total idiot

usually written using kana alone  expression  kuru verb  verb (generic) 

• to show one's age (e.g. to start creaking at the joints), to wear out (e.g. machinery)

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• Chinese artichoke (Stachys sieboldii), Japanese artichoke, chorogi

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• taro (Colocasia esculenta), cocoyam, dasheen

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

• chop suey

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

• bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis; esp. cultivars with green stalks), pak choi

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

• decimetre, decimeter

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• Rhapis humilis, rhapis

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• Italian jasmine (Jasminum humile var. revolutum), yellow jasmine

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• trumpet honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens