List: word usually written using kana alone

popular  JLPT N1  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

• common reed (Phragmites australis)

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

• evergreen oak

popular  obsolete reading  rarely used kanji form  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation  shogi 

• badger
• Eurasian badger (Meles meles)
• anaguma castle (defensive opening)

popular  noun  noun (generic)  usually written using kana alone  trademark 

• black cat
• Yamato Transport (door-to-door delivery service company)

popular  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)

popular  gikun or jukujikun  rarely used kana form  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• snail

popular  obsolete reading  JLPT N2  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• spoon

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N5  usually written using kana alone  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adverb  adverb taking the と particle  noun  noun (generic) 

• various, a variety of, all sorts of, many (different)
• variously, in various ways, in many ways
• various things, this and that

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

• crab

popular  gikun or jukujikun  obsolete reading  search-only kana form  JLPT N2  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation  food, cooking 

• buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
• soba, Japanese buckwheat noodles
• Chinese-style wheat noodles