List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- (dragging a large or heavy item) slowly
- (falling) little by little, (slipping) gradually, (drawing back) slowly, with a slither
- on and on, while putting off, slovenly, interminably
- with a slurp, with a sniffle
- loose, lax, inconclusive, unresolved
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