List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) counter
- food, foodstuff
- eating, appetite
- meal, portion
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 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
- many, a lot
popular obsolete reading JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- congratulation, congratulations, celebration, festival
- congratulatory gift, present
popular obsolete reading JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- joke, jest, funny story
popular obsolete reading JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) counter noun (suffix)
- needle, pin
- hook
- stinger, thorn
- hand (e.g. clock, etc.), pointer
- staple (for a stapler)
- needlework, sewing
- malice
- counter for stitches
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- breakfast
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 ใ adjective adjective (generic) suffix
- good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable
- sufficient, enough, ready, prepared
- profitable (deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial
- OK, all right, fine, no problem
- easy to ...
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) logic
- falsehood, untruth, lie, misinformation
- fallacy
popular obsolete reading obsolete kanji noun noun (generic)
- height, stature
- length (esp. of clothing)
- all (one has), everything
- magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- cannabis (Cannabis sativa), hemp (plant)
- hemp (fiber), linen, flax, jute