List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
archaic Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb
- to slacken, to loosen
archaic su verb - precursor to the modern suru verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to insist on, to cling to, to adhere to
historical term noun noun (generic) archaic
- sleeveless ceremonial robe for samurai (replacing the Muromachi-period suō)
- short, sleeveless robe worn by commoners
abbreviation noun noun (generic) archaic
- multi-tiered food boxes that can be carried by hand
- female prostitute who carried multi-tiered food boxes about and peddled foodstuffs (Meiwa and Anei eras)
archaic noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する
- talking while standing
archaic noun noun (generic)
- day on which prostitutes had to receive clients
noun noun (generic) archaic
- holiday
- day on which prostitutes had to receive clients (or pay their own fee to avoid doing so)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- just before a war
- day before a holiday
- day before the one on which prostitutes were forced to accept customers
archaic noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- having a competitive spirit
archaic noun noun (generic)
- thoroughwort (species of boneset, Eupatorium fortunei)