List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to narrowly escape (e.g. death), to hang onto (life)
- to ascertain, to make definite
popular JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to make round, to roll up, to curl up
- to seduce, to cajole, to explain away
- to round off (a fraction)
- to shave (one's head)
- to lump together
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to plan, to plot, to propose, to design, to intend, to contemplate
- to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder), to undertake (e.g. business)
- to stand on tip-toes
popular noun noun (generic) archaic ใใ adjective adjective (generic) adverb taking the ใจ particle
- railing, guard rail, handrail, banister, balustrade, parapet
- (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars)
- (flowing) endlessly (of tears)
popular noun noun (generic) archaic
- bad law
- evil ways, evil way of doing things
popular archaic noun noun (generic) derogatory
- peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu)
- provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city)
- brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan)
- foreigner, barbarian
popular noun noun (generic) archaic
- stilts (for walking)
- hobby horse
popular noun noun (generic) archaic
- groom, footman, stableman, equerry
- steward, intendant
- head of an institution, esp. religious, head of one institution serving also as the head of another
popular dated term sensitive noun noun (generic) archaic honorific language
- maidservant, housemaid, maid
- hostess (in a ryokan), waitress (in a traditional restaurant)
- court lady
- lady
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb archaic
- to marry (of a woman), to become a bride, to marry into (a family)
- to have sexual intercourse