List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă intransitive verb
- setting off (on a long journey), setting out, departure (e.g. for the front), leaving home
- starting a new life, starting life anew
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- land made arable by the slash-and-burn method, swidden, slash-and-burn farming
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 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 ăă noun taking the genitive case particle ăź 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