List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ abbreviation archaic
- rendezvous, meeting, assignation
- area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony
- waiting room
- meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to give (time, money, goods), to donate
- to do, to perform, to conduct
- to apply (processing, makeup, etc.), to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
- to sow, to seed, to scatter (e.g. fertilizer), to sprinkle
- to spread far and wide
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 ใ adjective adjective (generic) archaic
- violent, furious, tempestuous
- extreme, intense, fierce, strong
- fervent, vehement
- incessant, relentless
- precipitous, steep
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb archaic
- to give one's name (as), to introduce oneself (as)
- to claim to be, to call oneself, to wear the title of
- to reveal oneself (as), to admit to being
- to adopt as one's name, to take (a name)
- to call out the goods one is selling
popular noun noun (generic) archaic
- main street (esp. in a capital), main thoroughfare
- most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryล period)
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb archaic
- running away from home, elopement
- outing, going out
- becoming a Buddhist monk, entering the priesthood
popular JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb archaic
- to run, to dash, to race
- to gallop (on horseback), to canter
- to advance (against one's enemy), to charge (on horseback)
popular noun noun (generic) law archaic
- receptacle, container, vessel
- utensil, implement, furniture
- personal property
- calibre, talent, ability
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) shogi archaic
- spear, lance
- javelin
- lance
- jeering
popular noun noun (generic) archaic
- separate room, another room
- special room
- concubine (of a noble)