List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
popular obsolete reading JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) ใช adjective noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- unevenness, roughness, ruggedness, bumpiness
- inequality, imbalance, unevenness, difference
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic)
- widow, divorced woman not remarried, unmarried woman
popular obsolete reading search-only kanji form ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- daring, brave, bold, valiant, intrepid, dauntless
popular obsolete reading ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) archaic adverb
- grand, luxurious, lavish, sumptuous
- great, large, big (e.g. storm)
- very, greatly, extremely
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- fire, trace of fire, heat of fire
- force of a fire
- cause of a fire (lighter, match, spark, etc.)
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- prostitute (esp. Edo period)
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- sacred tree
- support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires
popular obsolete reading JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- grape, grapevine
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- undressing, taking off one's clothes, stripping
popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus), Japanese sweet coltsfoot