List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage

Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.

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popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb な adjective adjective (generic) expression transitive verb

discourtesy, impoliteness
excuse me, goodbye
to leave
to be rude

真心まごころmagokoro

popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)

sincerity, true heart, devotion

兎うさぎusagi

popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form irregular kanji usage JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)

rabbit, hare, coney, cony, lagomorph (esp. leporids)

喉のどnodo

popular obsolete reading search-only kana form rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone printing

throat
singing voice
gutter (inner margins of a book)

俗ぞくzoku

popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の

layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk), laity, man of the world, the world
local manners, modern customs
common, popular
vulgar, low

無頼ぶらいburai

popular obsolete reading noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective noun noun (generic) archaic

villainous, rascally, knavish
independent, self-reliant

狭間はざまhazama

popular obsolete reading search-only kana form rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone go (game)

interval, space, interstice, threshold
valley, gorge, ravine
loophole (in a wall), crenel, eyelet
diagonal gap, move played in a diagonal gap, space between two stones diagonally apart

河童かっぱkappa

popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) colloquial abbreviation usually written using kana alone