List: word usually written using kana alone

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

• short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)

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

• red-cheeked myna (Agropsar philippensis), violet-backed starling

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• ivory palm (Phytelephas macrocarpa)

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• megapode (any bird of family Megapodiidae, incl. brush turkeys and mallee fowl), mound builder

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• Machaerina rubiginosa (species of tropical sedge)

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• Japanese sweet flag (Acorus gramineus)

irregular okurigana  usually written using kana alone  abbreviation  noun  noun (generic) 

• boiled and half-dried bonito

rarely used kanji form  search-only kanji form  usually written using kana alone  proverb  expression  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic) 

• whatever will be, will be, things happen the way they happen, let nature take its course

usually written using kana alone  expression 

• both are bad, neither is good, one's as bad as the other, both are to blame, six of one, half a dozen of the other

search-only kana form  search-only kanji form  idiomatic expression  usually written using kana alone  interjection 

• it serves you right