List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- profiting while others fight, fisherman's profit
popular obsolete reading JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- zori, traditional Japanese thonged sandals
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- elegance, taste, refinement
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- second wife
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- ama, female diver who collects shells, seaweed, etc.
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- fishing
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- contrivance, managing (to raise money)
- one's financial condition
popular gikun or jukujikun obsolete reading Shinto noun noun (generic)
- ritual prayer, invocation of the gods participating in a rite
- congratulatory address
popular obsolete reading Buddhism noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- entering the priesthood
- priest, monk, bonze
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- ice water
- shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)