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List: archaic

Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.

Showing 1671 - 1680 of 3241 words for the list archaic. #arch
下達上通かたつじょうつうkatatsujoutsuu

archaic  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

  • conveying the views of the subordinates to the rulers, rulers apprehending the views of those they govern
方塞がりかたふたがりkatafutagari

archaic  noun  noun (generic) 

  • unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin)
方違えかたたがえkatatagae

archaic  noun  noun (generic) 

  • setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period)
方違いかたたがいkatatagai

archaic  noun  noun (generic) 

  • setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period)
方違へ所かたたがえどころkatatagaedokoro

archaic  noun  noun (generic) 

  • place where one spends the night to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction
ほたえるhotaeru

archaic  Ichidan verb  verb (generic)  intransitive verb 

  • to mess around, to clown around
  • to take advantage of, to be spoiled, to be spoilt
下等げらgera

archaic  humble language  pronoun 

  • I, me
耳当じとうjitou

archaic  noun  noun (generic) 

  • earplug (traditional jewellery worn in the earlobe, popular in Han dynasty China)
耳栓じせんjisen

archaic  noun  noun (generic) 

  • earplug (traditional jewellery worn in the earlobe, popular in Jomon-period Japan)
露の宿つゆのやどtsuyunoyado

archaic  noun  noun (generic) 

  • house covered with dew, place covered with dew

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