List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- Japanese dog breed (e.g. Shiba, Akita)
obsolete reading obsolete kanji noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb obsolete term
- bow, bowing (and greeting)
- declining, refusing
obsolete reading rarely used kanji form archaic noun noun (generic)
- Japan
- Yamato Province
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- serenade
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone derogatory noun noun (generic)
- boy, child, youth, brat
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- drifting cloud, floating cloud
- instability
obsolete reading irregular okurigana noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it
- reading a second draft without checking it against the original
obsolete reading colloquial noun noun (generic) archaic derogatory
- bluebottle fly
- little pest
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii)
- mountain bird
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- valley, ravine, glen, gorge