List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis), soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
- trap door located on the walkway in a kabuki theatre
- bilge pump (used on traditional Japanese ships)
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- plot, trick, evil scheme
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- misdeed, wrongdoing, wickedness
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- dried fish, stockfish
obsolete reading obsolete kanji irregular kanji usage noun noun (generic)
- nonsense, silly talk, drivel, rubbish
obsolete reading irregular kanji usage JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- treasure house, treasury
- financial supporter, patron, financier, backer
obsolete reading godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to incline toward, to slant, to lurch, to heel over, to be disposed to, to trend toward, to be prone to
- to go down (sun), to wane, to sink, to decline
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