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List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage

Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.

Showing 211 - 220 of 743 words for the list out-dated or obsolete kana usage. #ok
兎うさぎusagi

popular  obsolete reading  rarely used kanji form  irregular kanji usage  JLPT N3  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

  • rabbit, hare, coney, cony, lagomorph (esp. leporids)
喉のどnodo

popular  obsolete reading  search-only kana form  rarely used kanji form  search-only kanji form  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  usually written using kana alone  printing 

  • throat
  • singing voice
  • gutter (inner margins of a book)
俗ぞくzoku

popular  obsolete reading  noun  noun (generic)  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の 

  • layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk), laity, man of the world, the world
  • local manners, modern customs
  • common, popular
  • vulgar, low
無頼ぶらいburai

popular  obsolete reading  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  な adjective  noun  noun (generic)  archaic 

  • villainous, rascally, knavish
  • independent, self-reliant
狭間はざまhazama

popular  obsolete reading  search-only kana form  rarely used kanji form  search-only kanji form  noun  noun (generic)  usually written using kana alone  go (game) 

  • gap, narrow space between things, interstice
  • valley, gorge, ravine
  • loophole (in a castle wall), arrow slit, crenel, embrasure
  • interval, pause, time between events
  • diagonal gap, move played in a diagonal gap, space between two stones diagonally apart
河童かっぱkappa

popular  obsolete reading  noun  noun (generic)  colloquial  abbreviation  usually written using kana alone 

  • kappa, mythical water-dwelling creature
  • excellent swimmer
  • cucumber
  • cucumber sushi wrapped in nori
樺かばkaba

popular  obsolete reading  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

  • birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
化すかすkasu

popular  obsolete reading  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb  intransitive verb 

  • to change (into), to turn (into), to transform (into), to become
  • to influence
哀れあわれaware

popular  obsolete reading  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  な adjective  adjective (generic)  interjection 

  • pity, sorrow, grief, misery, compassion, pathos
  • pitiable, pitiful, pathetic, miserable
  • alack, alas
節分せつぶんsetsubun

popular  obsolete reading  noun  noun (generic) 

  • setsubun, last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4) on which a bean scattering ceremony is held
  • last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)

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