List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
obsolete reading irregular kanji usage poetical term noun noun (generic)
- silver
- silver coin
- silver (color)
obsolete reading dated term colloquial noun noun (generic)
- thief, robber
gikun or jukujikun obsolete reading poetical term usually written using kana alone adverb
- for the whole day, all day
obsolete reading search-only kanji form poetical term noun noun (generic)
- fence (around a shrine, imperial palace, sacred area, etc.)
gikun or jukujikun obsolete reading formal or literary term noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) adverb archaic
- some, few, a number of, a little (bit)
- somewhat, to a certain extent, a bit
- many, a lot
obsolete reading search-only kanji form honorific language formal or literary term noun noun (generic)
- daughter of a person of high rank
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- horned owl (any owl with horn-like ear tufts)
obsolete reading search-only kana form onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb
- suddenly (stick out, appear, extend, etc.), abruptly (protrude), unexpectedly