List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
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
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) colloquial
- mother
- wife
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- effect, effectiveness, efficacy, virtue, benefit
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- Empress Dowager, Queen Mother
popular obsolete reading ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- meek, quiet, docile, humble, faithful, obedient
- mysterious, marvelous, marvellous
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) Buddhism
- other self, alter ego, part of oneself (in someone or something else), representation of oneself
- incarnations of Buddha
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- widow
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- inner canthus, inner corner of the eye
popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes)
- fox (i.e. a sly person)
- soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu
- light brown, golden brown