List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to bite
- to chew, to gnaw, to masticate
- to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.), to falter with one's words, to stutter, to stammer
- to crash against (e.g. of waves), to break onto (shore)
- to engage (of cogs, zippers, etc.), to mesh, to fit together
- to be involved in
- to convince, to persuade
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone adverb archaic
- purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.), daringly (doing something), deliberately, intentionally
- not necessarily, not particularly, not especially
- definitely not
popular Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb archaic
- to be playful, to gambol, to be amused (with something), to play, to sport, to frolic, to joke
- to flirt with
- to have elegance, to have refinement
popular JLPT N4 suffix archaic
- Mr, master, boy
- Ms, miss
- sir, madam
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) adverb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) archaic
- later, afterwards
- future
- after one's death
- descendant
popular search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone adverb archaic noun noun (generic)
- for the time being, at present
- hindrance
咲くさくsakupopular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb archaic
- to bloom, to flower, to blossom, to open
- to rise up (of breaking waves)
popular JLPT N1 adverb archaic
- especially, particularly, unusually, above all
- additionally
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) archaic
- opportunity, occasion, chance
- order, sequence
- successor
上うえuepopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic) honorific language suffix archaic
- above, over, up
- top, summit, upper part, head (e.g. of a staircase)
- surface, on (top of)
- the above (in a piece of writing), earlier part
- superior, better, higher (position, rank, etc.), upper (class)
- elder, older, senior
- with respect to ..., in terms of, as far as ... is concerned, when (e.g. drunk)
- besides ..., in addition to ..., on top of ..., as well as ...
- after ..., upon ..., on ..., with (e.g. full awareness), as a result of ...
- since ..., now that ..., because ...
- honorable, venerable, dear
- emperor, sovereign, shogun, daimyo