List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
obsolete reading JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to become attached (to), to take (to), to become affectionate (with), to be tamed, to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally), to become intimate (with)
gikun or jukujikun obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)
obsolete reading rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- eared seal (esp. the California sea lion, Zalophus californianus), sea lion
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- beginning of the world, creation
obsolete reading noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ăź adjective (generic) Buddhism
- Apocrypha (i.e. as opposed to the Biblical canon)
- non-Buddhist writings (esp. Confucian writings)
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- leisure
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- (common) millet (Panicum miliaceum), proso millet
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- great burdock (Arctium lappa), gobo
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- falsehood, untruth, lie