List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
popular search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to oust, to dethrone, to displace (from a position of power)
- to drive down (e.g. into a valley), to chase down
- to capture (a castle), to seize (by driving out the garrison)
- to drive away (e.g. from the capital), to exile
- to snatch, to wrest, to waylay
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 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb dated term archaic
- absentmindedness, preoccupation, being in a daze
- setting one's mind at ease, ceasing to worry, relief
- loss of one's moral sense, straying from virtue
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
popular ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ noun noun (generic) archaic
- unclean, dirty, impure
- bathroom, toilet (room)
- menstruation, menses
- feces, faeces
popular noun noun (generic) archaic
- male help, male labor, male labour
- man's handwriting
- kanji
popular noun noun (generic) archaic
- white sandbar, white sandbank
- area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles
- gravel separating a noh stage from the audience
- court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) archaic
- putting one's heart and soul (into), giving one's all
- breathing a soul into (e.g. a Buddhist statue)
- intimacy, familiarity
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to house, to contain, to harbour (a feeling), to hold (e.g. dew on leaves)
- to carry (a baby), to be pregnant
- to give lodging to, to accommodate
popular obsolete reading ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) archaic adverb
- grand, luxurious, lavish, sumptuous
- great, large, big (e.g. storm)
- very, greatly, extremely