List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
obsolete reading archaic noun noun (generic)
- rice water
obsolete reading adverb
- much, remarkably, noticeably
- not at all (with neg. verb)
- quickly and vigorously, unhesitatingly
obsolete reading rare term godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be fulfilled, to be satisfied
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- rebellion
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- mishap, misfortune, calamity, disaster
- ominous word, ill-omened word
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- baby's first steps, celebration of a baby's first steps
- opening to pedestrians (e.g. a new bridge)
obsolete reading expression ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- incoherent, vague, silly, foolish
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- stairs
- stairs at the front of a noh stage
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- imperial command
obsolete reading rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic)
- nesting hole, burrow, den