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List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage

Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.

Showing 731 - 740 of 743 words for the list out-dated or obsolete kana usage. #ok
็‘žๅžฃใฟใšใŒใmizugaki

obsolete reading  search-only kanji form  poetical term  noun  noun (generic) 

  • fence (around a shrine, imperial palace, sacred area, etc.)
่‹ฅๅนฒใใ“ใฐใsokobaku

gikun or jukujikun  obsolete reading  formal or literary term  noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic)  adverb  archaic 

  • some, few, a number of, a little (bit)
  • somewhat, to a certain extent, a bit
  • many, a lot
ๅงซๅพกๅ‰ใฒใ‚ใ”ใœใ‚“himegozen

obsolete reading  search-only kanji form  honorific language  formal or literary term  noun  noun (generic) 

  • daughter of a person of high rank
ๆœจ่Ÿใ‚บใ‚ฏzuku

obsolete reading  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

  • horned owl (any owl with horn-like ear tufts)
ใซใ‚…ใฃใจnyutto

obsolete reading  search-only kana form  onomatopoeic or mimetic word  adverb 

  • suddenly (stick out, appear, extend, etc.), abruptly (protrude), unexpectedly
้ตใ—ใจใฉshitodo

obsolete reading  archaic  noun  noun (generic) 

  • bunting, old collective name for birds of the genus Emberiza
ๅฐšๆ›ธใ—ใ‚‡ใ†ใ—ใ‚‡shousho

obsolete reading  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix)  historical term 

  • minister, secretary
  • Shujing, The Book of Documents
  • Ministry of Central Affairs (Qin-dynasty department)
  • Oversight Department (under the Department of State of the ritsuryล system)
  • female palace attendant in the Bureau of Books
ๅฏฟใŽใ“ใจใปใŽkotohogi

obsolete reading  search-only kanji form  noun  noun (generic) 

  • congratulations, felicitations, best wishes
็พ่บซใ†ใคใ›ใฟutsusemi

obsolete reading  poetical term  noun  noun (generic) 

  • this fleeting world, this transient life, this world
  • one's current body, one's mortal shell, one's flesh and blood, this physical body
้Ÿฟใ‚‚ใ™ใฉใ‚ˆใ‚‚ใ™doyomosu

obsolete reading  rarely used kanji form  usually written using kana alone  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

  • to make (something) reverberate, to make resound, to shake (e.g. a venue with cheers)

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