List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
archaic noun noun (generic)
- impatience, eagerness
archaic noun noun (generic)
- large, perforated, turnip-shaped arrowhead cover made of Japanese bigleaf magnolia or paulownia, harmless arrow affixed with such a cover (that whistles when shot and is used to drive off evil spirits)
obsolete kanji archaic noun noun (generic)
- purifying salt
- pile of salt placed by the door of a shop or restaurant
- whitecap
archaic noun noun (generic)
- seal, stamp
- depressing the string of a zither with one's left hand
- (in archery) left hand
- obstinacy, stubbornness
archaic noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ãã
- overflowing, flooding
archaic noun noun (generic)
- dawn, daybreak
archaic noun noun (generic)
- head, trunk, arms, and legs, the whole body
archaic noun noun (generic)
- keystone
archaic expression auxiliary verb verb (generic)
- auxiliary verb indicating past condition or occurrence (e.g. "was", "had been", etc.)
archaic expression auxiliary verb verb (generic)
- auxiliary verb indicating the speaker's personal recollection or something they've heard (e.g. "was", "wasn't it?", "is said to have ...", etc.)