List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
popular obsolete reading JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)
- job, work, employment, occupation, position
- duties
- trade, skill
popular obsolete reading sumo noun noun (generic) abbreviation Buddhism
- sumo wrestler, rikishi
- strong man
- Deva king
popular obsolete reading search-only kanji form JLPT N5 honorific language noun noun (generic) familiar language pronoun
- father, dad, papa, pa, pop, daddy, dada
- husband
- you (of an elderly person older than the speaker), he, him
popular obsolete reading JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- guidance, leading (the way), showing around
- information, notice, notification
- announcement (of a visitor's arrival), informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
- invitation
- acquaintance, knowledge
popular obsolete reading JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to surround, to encircle, to enclose, to fence, to wall in
- to besiege, to lay siege to
- to play (go, shogi, etc.)
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- smoke, fumes
popular obsolete reading obsolete kanji JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- desk
popular obsolete reading JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- repair, mending, fixing, servicing
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- promotion, advancement, rising in rank
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective adverb Buddhism
- truth, reality
- truly, really
- absolute truth