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List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage

Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.

Showing 211 - 220 of 751 words for the list out-dated or obsolete kana usage. #ok
神事しんじshinji

popular  obsolete reading  noun  noun (generic) 

  • Shinto ritual
火の気ひのけhinoke

popular  obsolete reading  noun  noun (generic) 

  • source of fire, sign of fire
  • warmth of fire, heat
火の粉ひのこhinoko

popular  obsolete reading  noun  noun (generic) 

  • sparks
海原うなばらunabara

popular  obsolete reading  noun  noun (generic) 

  • ocean, sea, the deep
隠れ家かくれがkakurega

popular  obsolete reading  rarely used kanji form  irregular okurigana  search-only kanji form  noun  noun (generic) 

  • hiding place, hideout, refuge
  • retreat, hideaway
経典きょうてんkyouten

popular  obsolete reading  noun  noun (generic) 

  • sacred books, sutras, scriptures (Bible, Koran, etc.)
守護しゅごshugo

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)
選集せんしゅうsenshuu

popular  obsolete reading  noun  noun (generic) 

  • selection (e.g. of poems, texts), anthology, selected extracts
有職ゆうしょくyuushoku

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
失礼しつれいshitsurei

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

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