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Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.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 transitive verb archaic
- discharge (e.g. of water from a dam)
- release (of young fish into a river, pond, etc.), stocking (a river, etc. with fish)
- banishment, exile
popular noun noun (generic) abbreviation archaic usually written using kana alone
- sickle
- leading question, trick question
- sickle-and-chain (weapon)
- spear with curved cross-blades
- gooseneck tenon and mortise joint
- noisiness
- part of a fish around the gills
popular noun noun (generic) noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic) archaic
- white background
- blank
- female virgin
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb colloquial jocular, humorous term expression archaic
- greeting, greetings, salutation, salute, polite set phrase used when meeting or parting from someone
- speech (congratulatory or appreciative), address
- reply, response
- courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
- revenge, retaliation
- a fine thing to say
- dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment)
- relationship (between people), connection
- intervention, mediation, mediator
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to spare, to grudge, to be sparing (with), to be frugal, to be stingy
- to regret, to lament
- to be reluctant (to do), to be unwilling
- to value, to prize, to hold dear
- to love, to cherish
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) archaic
- rule, regulation
- settlement, conclusion, end, agreement, arrangement
- habit, custom, habitual way
- countenance in front of another person, face
- love relationship between a customer and a prostitute
popular noun noun (generic) archaic
- mediation, good offices, intervention, mediator, middleman
- influential person, person of influence
- eloquence, eloquent person
- way of speaking
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ archaic
- floating, drifting, suspension
- wandering (about)
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb archaic
- feeling (much) obliged, being (very) grateful, being thankful
- feeling sorry (for troubling someone), feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error), feeling embarrassed (e.g. by someone's compliments, hospitality, etc.)
- shrinking back in fear
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb archaic
- imputation, shifting (blame, responsibility, etc.), passing the buck
- second marriage, remarriage