List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic)
- widow, divorced woman not remarried, unmarried woman
popular obsolete reading search-only kanji form な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- daring, brave, bold, valiant, intrepid, dauntless
popular obsolete reading な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) archaic adverb
- grand, luxurious, lavish, sumptuous
- great, large, big (e.g. storm)
- very, greatly, extremely
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- Shinto priest
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- fire, trace of fire, heat of fire
- force of a fire
- cause of a fire (lighter, match, spark, etc.)
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- prostitute (esp. Edo period)
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- sacred tree
- support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires
popular obsolete reading JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- grape, grapevine
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- undressing, taking off one's clothes, stripping
popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus), Japanese sweet coltsfoot