List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
popular JLPT N3 noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) archaic
- general, universal
- ordinary, average, common, non-celebrity
- the same, no different, (just) as if
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) shogi abbreviation archaic noun (suffix) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) suffix counter
- muscle, tendon, sinew
- vein, artery
- fiber, fibre, string
- line, stripe, streak
- reason, logic
- plot, storyline
- lineage, descent
- school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
- aptitude, talent
- source (of information, etc.), circle, channel
- well-informed person (in a transaction)
- logical move (in go, shogi, etc.)
- ninth vertical line
- seam on a helmet
- gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
- social position, status
- on (a river, road, etc.), along
- counter for long thin things, counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
- street (in Osaka)
- (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) adverb archaic
- behind, rear
- after, later
- remainder, the rest
- more (e.g. five more minutes), left
- also, in addition
- descendant, successor, heir
- after one's death
- past, previous
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) expression archaic
- end, conclusion
- last, final, latest, most recent
- no sooner than, once, right after (often having negative consequences)
- one's final moments
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) archaic
- industry
- livelihood, occupation
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) abbreviation finance card games mahjong archaic
- child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person
- (one's) child, offspring
- young woman
- young (animal)
- offshoot
- interest
- new share
- player who is not a dealer
- young geisha, young prostitute
- bird egg
- -er (often of young women)
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) archaic
- head, leader, top
- important part
popular noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) historical term archaic suffix
- state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.), province (e.g. of Canada), county (e.g. of the UK), region (e.g. of Italy), canton, oblast
- continent
- province (of Japan)
- province (of ancient China), prefecture, department
- dear
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) abbreviation archaic
- north
- the North, northern territories
- North Korea
- north wind
popular JLPT N3 numeric noun noun (generic) archaic
- ten, 10
- ten years of age
- book containing a collection of poems