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Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.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 intransitive verb archaic
- failure, collapse, breakdown, break-up, bankruptcy
- tear (in clothing, etc.), rip, split
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 chemistry noun noun (generic) archaic
- element, chemical element
- (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire)
- origin, source
popular noun noun (generic) archaic
- water wheel
- water turbine, hydraulic turbine
- violent wielding of weapons
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) archaic
- break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow), interval of clear weather
- patch of blue sky
- period of serenity
popular noun noun (generic) archaic
- Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil), picotee morning glory, ivy morning glory
- funnel-shaped object, bell (e.g. of a trumpet), funnel-shaped urinal
- rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
popular noun noun (generic) abbreviation archaic
- stake, post, pile, picket
- stump
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) archaic
- pension (esp. public servant's)
- a lord giving a land holding to a vassal
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ archaic
- embellishment (e.g. of a story), ornamentation, decoration
- putting on makeup
popular noun noun (generic) archaic
- article, goods, product
- fine thing, fellow, affair, stuff
- prostitute
- price, cost, money
popular archaic noun noun (generic) martial arts
- policeman, official in charge of imprisoning offenders
- art of defeating (and capturing) an opponent with one's bare hands