List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- ripple (on water), wavelets
- ripple (e.g. of uneasiness), unrest, disturbance, discord, friction
gikun or jukujikun obsolete reading search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) Internet slang derogatory
- small fish, small fry
- (a) nobody, small fry, unimportant person
- noob, weak player
- small penis, short dick
obsolete reading Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- three temporal states of existence, past, present and future
- three generations
obsolete reading obsolete kanji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Urtica thunbergiana (species of stinging nettle)
obsolete reading rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic)
- cow, heifer
obsolete reading Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- khakkhara (staff topped with metal rings traditionally carried by monks), pewter staff
obsolete reading honorific language noun noun (generic)
- emperor
obsolete reading Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- prayer and austerities
obsolete reading Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- all living things, mankind, the people, the world
obsolete reading derogatory noun noun (generic) archaic
- ugly man
- strong, brawny man