List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
popular obsolete reading Buddhism noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)
- bodhisattva, one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha
- High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court)
- title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family), martin
- barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- younger man involved with an older woman, boy toy
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kana form obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) adverb
- last night, yesterday evening
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) adverb
- morning and evening
- from morning until night, constantly
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) noun (prefix)
- ten thousand years, eternity
- perennial, perpetual
popular obsolete reading adverb taking the ใจ particle adverb noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic)
- lightly, easily, carelessly
popular obsolete reading JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) suffix
- native Japanese reading of a Chinese character
- precept, lesson, one's teachings
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds), fair weather, clear weather, clear sky, fair skies
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- eyebrow, eyebrows
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- (death from) starvation, starving to death