List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- Shinto ritual
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- source of fire, sign of fire
- warmth of fire, heat
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- sparks
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- ocean, sea, the deep
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form irregular okurigana search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- hiding place, hideout, refuge
- retreat, hideaway
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- sacred books, sutras, scriptures (Bible, Koran, etc.)
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- protection, safeguard
- shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- selection (e.g. of poems, texts), anthology, selected extracts
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) archaic
- holding a job, being employed, gainful employment
- being learned, being knowledgeable
- having great artistic talent, being a skilled performer
- being well-versed in usages or practices of the court or military households
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb な adjective adjective (generic) expression
- discourtesy, impoliteness
- excuse me, goodbye
- to leave
- to be rude