popular obsolete reading obsolete kanji JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone pronoun
- where, what place
- how much (long, far), what extent
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- numerical inferiority, being outnumbered
popular obsolete reading dated term noun noun (generic)
- mistress, kept woman, concubine
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- ticket
popular obsolete reading JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) music
- piano (instrument)
- piano (dynamic)
popular obsolete reading onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic) archaic
- noisily (crowd of people talking), clamorously, in a hubbub, jabberingly, chatteringly, buzzingly
- loudly (laughing)
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- (dragging a large or heavy item) slowly
- (falling) little by little, (slipping) gradually, (drawing back) slowly, with a slither
- on and on, while putting off, slovenly, interminably
- with a slurp, with a sniffle
- loose, lax, inconclusive, unresolved
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic) slang
- sluggish, languid, listless, heavy (heart, legs, etc.), dull
- bothersome, tiresome, pain-in-the-ass
popular obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
popular obsolete reading JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to smoke (e.g. fire), to billow smoke, to smoulder, to smolder
- to be hazy, to look dim