List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- carving, engraving
- chiselled features
obsolete reading abbreviation noun noun (generic)
- Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive zazen sitter), warning stick (Rinzai Zen), encouragement stick (Soto Zen)
- horsewhip
obsolete reading Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- admonition, commandment
- sila (precept)
obsolete reading irregular okurigana archaic yodan verb (archaic) yodan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb polite language auxiliary verb
- to serve (by a superior's side)
- to be
- to do
obsolete reading derogatory noun noun (generic)
- unattractive person
- coward, weakling
obsolete reading noun noun (generic) obsolete term
- evening, dusk
- evening scene, evening landscape
- light of the setting sun
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- bet, stakes
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- imperial edict (written in a classical grandiose style)
obsolete reading historical term noun noun (generic)
- quiver (box-shaped and worn on the back)
obsolete reading search-only kanji form honorific language noun noun (generic)
- princess
- spoiled girl, hothouse flower
- glue