List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb
- advice, counsel, suggestion, tip, hint
popular obsolete reading obsolete kanji noun noun (generic)
- dawn, daybreak
- event (e.g. "in the event of ..."), occasion, occurrence
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) adverb
- these days, nowadays, recently, lately
popular obsolete reading JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- grey, gray, ashen
popular obsolete reading JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- bell (often globular)
popular obsolete reading JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- merchant, trader, tradesman, dealer, shopkeeper
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- kลji, malted rice, malt, malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- urine
popular obsolete reading search-only kanji form military noun noun (generic) familiar language
- general, admiral
- head, chief, leader, boss, kingpin
- old chap, mate, boss, chief, man
- athlete who competes in the last match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
popular obsolete reading search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), domestic chicken
- chicken meat