List: word usually written using kana alone

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• black-headed monitor (Varanus tristis), freckled monitor

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii), Salvadori's monitor, Papua monitor, artellia

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• savanna monitor (Varanus exanthematicus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to sub-Saharan Africa), Bosc's monitor

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus), water leguaan

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

• Abyssinia, Ethiopia

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• beginning, clue, starting point

usually written using kana alone  expression  auxiliary 

• does not seem (to be)

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• Yemen monitor (Varanus yemenensis)

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

• water monitor (Varanus salvator), common water monitor

colloquial  usually written using kana alone  expression 

• what on Earth is this?