List: word usually written using kana alone

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  adverb  suffix  usually written using kana alone 

• place, spot, scene, site
• address
• district, area, locality
• one's house
• point, aspect, side, facet
• passage (in text), part
• space, room
• thing, matter
• whereupon, as a result
• about to, on the verge of
• was just doing, was in the process of doing, have just done, just finished doing
• approximately, around, about

popular  gikun or jukujikun  search-only kanji form  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  pre-noun adjectival  adjective (generic) 

• what is called, what you call, what they call, so-called

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

• opportunity, occasion, chance
• order, sequence
• successor

popular  rarely used kanji form  search-only kanji form  JLPT N1  usually written using kana alone  adverb 

• still more, even more, all the more
• still less, even less

popular  JLPT N2  usually written using kana alone  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

• to fold (clothes, umbrella)
• to close (a shop, business)
• to vacate

popular  usually written using kana alone  suffix 

• way, manner, style
• (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years), after ...
• ...-sized, amount (equivalent to ...)
• tune, tone

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N2  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• furigana, kana printed above or next to kanji to indicate pronunciation

popular  search-only kana form  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• painful, bitter, heart-breaking, difficult (emotionally)
• tough, difficult, hard (usu. of situations)
• cruel, harsh, cold

popular  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• carrot (Daucus carota)
• Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N1  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• dustpan