List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
obsolete reading search-only kanji form poetical term noun noun (generic)
- fence (around a shrine, imperial palace, sacred area, etc.)
gikun or jukujikun obsolete reading formal or literary term noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ 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
obsolete reading search-only kanji form honorific language formal or literary term noun noun (generic)
- daughter of a person of high rank
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- horned owl (any owl with horn-like ear tufts)
obsolete reading search-only kana form onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb
- suddenly (stick out, appear, extend, etc.), abruptly (protrude), unexpectedly
obsolete reading archaic noun noun (generic)
- bunting, old collective name for birds of the genus Emberiza
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
obsolete reading search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- congratulations, felicitations, best wishes
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
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)