List: word usually written using kana alone

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• passage, paragraph

usually written using kana alone  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• clever, smart
• sharp (ear, etc.), sensitive, discerning

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

• millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, soybeans, etc.)

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の 

• a long time (since the last time)

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

• one-pot meal of green onions and tuna

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  noun or verb acting prenominally  adjective (generic) 

• levelling a powder or liquid (when measuring)

usually written using kana alone  い adjective  adjective (generic)  Touhoku-ben  Hokkaido-ben 

• tough, stiff, hard
• inflexible, obstinate, stubborn
• tired, worn out

usually written using kana alone  expression 

• so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry), overwhelmed, carried away, because of too much

usually written using kana alone  expression  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• random, aimless

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

• to work hard at, to devote oneself to, to be diligent in