List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- smoke, fumes
popular obsolete reading obsolete kanji JLPT N5 noun noun (generic)
- desk
popular obsolete reading JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- repair, mending, fixing, servicing
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する intransitive verb
- promotion, advancement, rising in rank
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) な adjective adverb Buddhism
- truth, reality
- truly, really
- absolute truth
popular obsolete reading JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- surname, family name
- hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
popular obsolete reading JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- Japanese apricot (Prunus mume), Japanese plum, ume, Chinese plum
- lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
popular obsolete reading JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- existence or nonexistence, presence or absence
- consent or refusal, yes or no
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- Imperial Palace (of Japan), imperial residence
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- killing, murder