List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Mercurialis leiocarpa (species of mercury whose leaves can be used to produce an indigo dye)
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- visitor from afar, guest
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- late-growing rice
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- sand and stone, pebble
obsolete reading noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă intransitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle ăź adjective (generic)
- walking alone, walking without assistance
- self-reliance, being independent
- unique, matchless, unparalleled, unequaled, unrivaled, unchallenged, peerless
obsolete reading noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- cylindrical box used to measure rice
- shape for forming rice
- single serving of rice (esp. as prison food)
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- lesser councilor of state, lesser councillor of state, minor councilor, minor councillor
obsolete reading noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă
- going afar
- dying, death
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
obsolete reading irregular reading noun noun (generic)
- sake bottle