List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
obsolete reading noun noun (generic) archaic
- gathering, place where people gather
- police station, camp, barracks
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), Chinese chives, Chinese leek
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- rent, tear, split
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- mint (e.g. peppermint, spearmint, etc.)
- Japanese peppermint (Mentha arvensis var. piperascens)
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone pronoun
- that way, that direction, over there, yonder
- that (one)
- that person
- there, over there, foreign country (esp. a Western nation)
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- fin (e.g. of a fish)
obsolete reading search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- dawn, daybreak
irregular reading obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- weight (for scales), counterweight
obsolete reading noun noun (generic) obsolete term
- separate matter
- different meaning
- special reason, special circumstances
obsolete reading noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) slang video games noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ
- peerless, unparalleled, unparallelled, matchless
- mowing down the enemy