List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa), Japanese cypress
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- noshi, long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
obsolete reading obsolete kanji noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する
- notice, notification
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- louse (esp. a sucking louse), lice
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) abbreviation derogatory
- bat (Chiroptera spp.)
- umbrella
- opportunist, turncoat
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
obsolete reading ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) sumo
- fundoshi, loincloth, traditional Japanese men's undergarment made from a length of cotton
- kimono underskirt
- wrestler's ornamental apron
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- udon, thick Japanese wheat noodles
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- talkativeness, garrulity, loquacity
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- any bird of family Motacillidae (excluding the pipits), wagtail, longclaw