List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
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
popular obsolete reading JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) ใช adjective adjective (generic) interjection
- pity, sorrow, grief, misery, compassion, pathos
- pitiable, pitiful, pathetic, miserable
- alack, alas
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- setsubun, last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony
- last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) adverb
- childhood, infancy
popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- common cattail (Typha latifolia), broadleaf cattail, common bulrush, great reedmace
popular obsolete reading obsolete kanji noun noun (generic)
- cicada, locust
- small-sized pulley
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to carve, to engrave, to sculpt, to chisel
- to tattoo
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- treasuring, cherishing, prizing, holding dear
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- foe, enemy, rival
- resentment, enmity, grudge
- harm, injury
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- two meals, (eating) two meals a day