List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
usually written using kana alone archaic noun noun (generic) slang
- girl
- vagina
archaic su verb - precursor to the modern suru verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb
- to yield, to give in, to be daunted, to shrink
- to bend (knee, etc.)
- to subdue, to overpower
- to feel down
archaic godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to die (esp. of nobility, etc.)
archaic godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to get a fever
archaic godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to want, to desire
archaic su verb - precursor to the modern suru verb (generic) transitive verb
- to expose (a severed head)
archaic godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to rock the left hand (to produce vibrato on a koto, etc.)
archaic godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to form a pair, to correspond
archaic su verb - precursor to the modern suru verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to lie down (in bed), to take to one's bed
archaic su verb - precursor to the modern suru verb (generic) transitive verb
- to understand, to comprehend