List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- able man, fine man
obsolete reading JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- blink (of eyes), wink
- twinkling (of stars), flicker (of light), blink (of light)
obsolete reading godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to tuck up (a kimono skirt), to tuck in
- to make short (a story, explanation, etc.), to cut short, to abridge, to skip (over), to omit, to leave out
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- funeral, burial
- condolence
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- maid of honor, maid of honour, lady-in-waiting
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- boiled barley and rice
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- wastepaper, scrap paper
obsolete reading JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- spots, speckles, mottles
obsolete reading Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to bend, to curve, to warp, to distort, to disfigure
- to bend (the truth), to falsify, to twist
- to corrupt, to sully
obsolete reading rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- fetters, shackles, hobbles, encumbrance, hindrance, burden, trap