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
- avid desire, craving, thirst, envy
- watering at the mouth, drooling
obsolete reading formal or literary term noun noun (generic)
- years, time
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone 'ku' adjective (archaic) adjective (generic)
- good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable
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
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