List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic) slang
- sluggish, languid, listless, heavy (heart, legs, etc.), dull
- bothersome, tiresome, pain-in-the-ass
popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to smoke (e.g. fire), to billow smoke, to smoulder, to smolder
- to be hazy, to look dim
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- (for) how many days
- what day (of the month)
popular obsolete reading godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb auxiliary verb
- to fish
- to look for, to search for, to hunt for, to scavenge, to scrounge, to look through, to rummage through
- to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.), to binge
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- money
- metal
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- conceit, vanity, pride, self-importance, egotism
popular obsolete reading JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- tail (of an animal)
- tail end, tip
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) archaic
- divine work, miracle, superhuman feat
- Shinto ritual
popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to flash (e.g. lightning), to flicker, to glitter, to sparkle, to gleam
- to flutter (e.g. flag), to wave, to undulate
- to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea), to come to one suddenly