List: word usually written using kana alone

obsolete reading  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides), Cape jessamine, gardenia

popular  JLPT N2  usually written using kana alone  Ichidan verb  verb (generic)  transitive verb  colloquial 

• to attach, to stick together, to paste, to glue
• to place together, to put side by side
• to make (someone) get married, to get (someone) hitched

popular  ateji  rarely used kanji form  usually written using kana alone  onomatopoeic or mimetic word  adverb  adverb taking the と particle  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  verb (generic)  noun (generic)  な adjective  adjective (generic) 

• slowly, tardily, dawdling, lingering, hesitantly
• complaining, grumbling
• unsettled (e.g. weather)
• loose, slackened

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N4  usually written using kana alone  adverb  interjection 

• in this way, like this, so, thus
• this (much), so
• uh, er, mm, well

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• futon or cloth attached to the kotatsu's frame, cover for kotatsu

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

• obsession, fixation, hangup, determination, fastidiousness, pickiness about (trait, style, etc.)
• complaining, criticizing
• speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)

popular  JLPT N1  usually written using kana alone  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  intransitive verb  dated term 

• to be obsessive (about), to be overly concerned (with), to fuss (over), to worry too much (about), to be picky (about), to be hung up (on), to stick to
• to be particular (about), to pay special attention (to), to be fastidious (about), to insist (on), to be uncompromising
• to get stuck, to be obstructed

popular  obsolete reading  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N5  usually written using kana alone  pronoun 

• this way, this direction
• here
• this (one)
• I, me, we, us
• this person

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

• this way, here
• the person in question, he, she, him, her
• since (a time in the past), prior to (a time in the future)
• me
• you

usually written using kana alone  expression 

• perhaps, maybe, possibly