List: word usually written using kana alone

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• Japanese lobster (Metanephrops japonicus)

rarely used kanji form  usually written using kana alone  adverb 

• at the mercy of (e.g. the waves), with (e.g. the wind)

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• eri silkmoth (Samia cynthia ricini), eri silkworm

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する 

• (doing the) mopping

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• tuna minced with Welsh onion leaves (type of sushi topping)

usually written using kana alone  expression 

• even if not, even without

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• elephant shrew (Macroscelididae spp.)

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

• somewhere
• somehow

rarely used kanji form  usually written using kana alone  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic) 

• (something) so small, so little, trifling

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

• to despair of, to see the vanity of