List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
popular obsolete reading JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) archaic
- wife (esp. one's own wife)
- court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace
- woman (esp. as a love interest)
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ㎠adjective (generic)
- mind and body
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- paradise, heaven, Kingdom of Heaven
popular obsolete reading JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) counter
- grain, bead, drop
- counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 adverb
- sometimes, at intervals, occasionally, on occasion, from time to time
éšŋããshikapopular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon), cervid
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- young child, infant
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- dam, weir, barrier, sluice
popular obsolete reading adverb noun taking the genitive case particle ㎠adjective (generic)
- (not) in any way, (not) at all, (none) whatsoever
- what kind of
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- news (from someone), letter, contact
- (someone's) whereabouts, (someone's) movements