List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
obsolete reading honorific language noun noun (generic)
- kind intentions
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- ancient times
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- wax tree (Toxicodendron succedaneum), Japanese wax tree
obsolete reading yojijukugo noun noun (generic) adverb
- forevermore, for eternity
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic)
- unexpected
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- wholesale rice dealer
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- beautiful face, beautiful looks
- beauty, belle, handsome man
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