List: word usually written using kana alone

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

• kinako mochi, mochi sprinkled with sweetened soy flour

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• starfish, sea star, asteroid, any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea
• northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• false strawberry (Duchesnea chrysantha), mock strawberry

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

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

• Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
• any thin, but flexible bamboo

usually written using kana alone  rare term  noun  noun (generic) 

• Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides), giant timber bamboo, madake
• Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• Chinese temple bamboo (Sinobambusa tootsik), tootsik bamboo