List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
archaic noun noun (generic)
- customer, client
irregular kanji usage archaic noun noun (generic)
- agency that dispatches lodged servants
archaic historical term noun noun (generic)
- pre-ritsuryล official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces
gikun or jukujikun obsolete kanji noun noun (generic) archaic
- servant, valet, footman
- someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family
- low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the ritsuryล system)
- ox-tender for oxcarts, horse boy
- honorary junior official of the Imperial Household Department's Board of Ceremonies involved in miscellaneous duties related to ceremonies
archaic historical term noun noun (generic)
- government position (or office) not specified in the administrative code of the ritsuryล
archaic noun noun (generic)
- mother
archaic godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to shimmer, to sparkle
archaic noun noun (generic)
- graveyard, cemetery
archaic adverb
- more and more, increasingly
- extremely, very
archaic expression noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic)
- welcome (new year, new spring, etc.)