List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
archaic godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to spin (e.g. ramie, hemp, etc.)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- High Court (of Kamakura), Board of Inquiry
archaic noun noun (generic)
- toy bow archery range (sometimes front for a brothel)
archaic noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ
- resistance, opposition
archaic ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- steep, precipitous
- harsh (personality)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- male homosexual relations, homosexual male partner
archaic noun noun (generic)
- assistant in a competition (e.g. cockfight, archery, poetry contest)
- older male in an homosexual relationship
noun noun (generic) archaic
- Chinese name for a high government office (ritsuryล period)
- alias, pseudonym
archaic noun noun (generic)
- inn used for clandestine encounters between lovers
archaic noun noun (generic)
- teahouse that introduces clients to prostitutes