List: word usually written using kana alone

rarely used kanji form  usually written using kana alone  suffix  Ichidan verb  verb (generic) 

• to become ...-ish, to appear like ..., to have a touch of ..., to look like ..., to be like ...
• to become stained with ..., to become steeped with ..., to become smeared with ..., to be dirtied with ...

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• instigation, flattery

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• hair whorl

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• pangolin, scaly anteater

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

• to brandish, to flash, to display

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• flair, flash
• insight, flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.)
• waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)

obsolete reading  usually written using kana alone  'ku' adjective (archaic)  adjective (generic) 

• good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable

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

• well done!, bravo!
• zenzai, red bean soup made with azuki beans

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N2  usually written using kana alone  adverb 

• finally, at last
• barely, narrowly, hardly, only just
• gradually, little by little, by degrees

JLPT N1  usually written using kana alone  adverb 

• really (seem, appear, etc.), truly, evidently
• in that way