List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
obsolete reading noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- simple diet, plain food, simple food, frugal meal
obsolete reading rarely used kanji form ateji search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track)
- ban-sugoroku, sugoroku, traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
gikun or jukujikun obsolete reading irregular kanji usage noun noun (generic)
- blacksmithing, forging, smithery, smithcraft
- blacksmith, smith
obsolete reading noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- flight, absconding
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- long journey, long trip
obsolete reading honorific language noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- giving, gifting, presenting
obsolete reading yojijukugo ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ noun noun (generic)
- peerless, unequaled, unequalled
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be smeared, to be covered
rarely used kana form obsolete reading search-only kanji form formal or literary term godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to slaughter, to massacre, to butcher
- to defeat soundly, to overpower, to vanquish
ๅ็ญใคใใtsukushigikun or jukujikun obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- fertile shoot of field horsetail
- wooden stick with a burned tip (used to create underdrawings)