jakobd2
at 2018-01-25 09:23:06 UTC
The dictionary is not wrong when it says "Usually written using kana alone".
Leebo
at 2018-01-26 10:15:33 UTC
If you search in the balanced corpus of contemporary written Japanese, all of them are rare.
侘び寂び - appears 7 times
わびさび - appears 5 times
侘寂 - appears 0 times
For some context, here are some common words in the database so you can see what it looks like when a word is common.
学校 - 38307
携帯 - 7559
避難 - 2451
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What is the most popular version of this?
I assumed '侘寂' would be, but now i'm starting to second guess that.