List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- neighbour with just a wall between
obsolete reading irregular okurigana usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) archaic noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ
- kind, courteous, hospitable, warmly respectful
- intimate
- becoming intimate, having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)
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
- small fish, small fry
- (a) nobody, small fry, unimportant person
- noob, weak player
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