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List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage

Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.

Showing 371 - 380 of 744 words for the list out-dated or obsolete kana usage. #ok
æ‡ăăȘă€ănatsuku

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)
攷錠ăȘăŸă“namako

gikun or jukujikun  obsolete reading  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

  • sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)
æ”·é©ąă‚ă—ă‹ashika

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
開闱かいびゃくkaibyaku

obsolete reading  noun  noun (generic) 

  • beginning of the world, creation
ć€–ć…žăŒă„ăŠă‚“gaiten

obsolete reading  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle た  adjective (generic)  Buddhism 

  • Apocrypha (i.e. as opposed to the Biblical canon)
  • non-Buddhist writings (esp. Confucian writings)
ćčČ物ăČもぼhimono

obsolete reading  noun  noun (generic) 

  • dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
é–‘æš‡ă‹ă‚“ă‹kanka

obsolete reading  noun  noun (generic) 

  • leisure
é»ăăłkibi

obsolete reading  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

  • (common) millet (Panicum miliaceum), proso millet
ç‰›è’Ąă”ăŒă†gobou

obsolete reading  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

  • great burdock (Arctium lappa), gobo
è™šćŠ„ăă‚‡ă‚‚ă†kyomou

obsolete reading  noun  noun (generic) 

  • falsehood, untruth, lie

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