List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- news (from someone), letter, contact
- (someone's) whereabouts, (someone's) movements
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- the country, countryside, rural districts
- cultivated land, fields
popular obsolete reading JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- delivery
popular obsolete reading noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) ใช adjective noun noun (generic)
- outstanding, excellent, exceptional, distinguished, unrivaled, surpassing (e.g. beauty), beyond compare
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- convenience, accommodation, advantage, benefit, expediency
popular gikun or jukujikun obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) colloquial
- lily (Lilium spp.)
- yuri, genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), Indian lotus, lotus
- rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
popular obsolete reading JLPT N5 ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- skillful, skilled, proficient, good (at), adept, clever
- flattery
popular obsolete reading irregular okurigana JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- shame, embarrassment, disgrace
popular obsolete reading JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- flute, fife, pipe, recorder, flageolet, shakuhachi, clarinet
- whistle