List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- child born to one's current wife
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- heavenly being, celestial being, celestial nymph, celestial maiden
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- muddy rice field
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- first maple leaves to turn red in the season
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ
- spots, speckles, mottles
- speckled, spotted
obsolete reading historical term noun noun (generic)
- Hayato, ethnic group which lived in Kyลซshลซ in ancient times and opposed the state of Yamato
- man from Kagoshima
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) archaic
- negligent, careless
- easygoing, relaxed
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- steep mountain road, dangerous mountain path
obsolete reading rare term adverb
- completely, thoroughly
- exactly, precisely
- comfortably
- not at all
- solidly, firmly
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- wetland, marsh