List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear), to wear
- to affix (a sword to one's hip)
- to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) archaic
- head (of a household), proprietor (of a store), proprietress, landlord, landlady, master (of a servant)
- entertaining someone as one's guest
popular noun noun (generic) archaic
- eye, eyeball
- pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
- insight, perceptivity, power of observation
- look, field of vision
- core, center, centre, essence
popular usually written using kana alone expression archaic ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- not to mention ..., needless to say ..., not to speak of ..., not only ...
- negligent, neglectful, careless, remiss
popular pronoun archaic
- he, she, that person
- you
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic) archaic
- dripping, trickling, drop by drop, in drops
- wet and heavy (snow, clay, etc.)
- (moving) slowly
popular onomatopoeic or mimetic word noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic) adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle ใช adjective adjective (generic) archaic
- to be careless, to be inattentive, to be absentminded, to be slow
- long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled)
- flaring up (fire), rising (e.g. steam)
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) adverb archaic
- a (short) time, a while, moment
- one time (in the past), a period, former times
- two-hour period
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) archaic
- selfish, egoist
- self-indulgent, wilful, willful
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) archaic
- fence, paling, railing
- fortress