List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
popular particle conjunction colloquial dated term archaic
- from, since, at
- through (e.g. a window, door), via, by, from
- because, as, since, so, therefore
- from (as in "made from"), of (as in "consisting of"), out of
- from (as in "a quotation from a book"), out of (as in "out of 10 people"), from among
- after (doing), since
- from, by (as in "getting scolded by")
- from (e.g. one's viewpoint), based on, according to, in (e.g. one's eyes), by
- because of, from, out of (curiosity, necessity, etc.), due to, by, owing to
- as much as, upwards of, at least, more than
- marks the starting state of a change
- expresses warning, sympathy, excitement or determination, emphasizes the previous statement
- trails off with an implied reason or consequence left unstated, so ...
- even, to begin with, even ..., right from ..., starting with ... (let alone)
- it is precisely due to ... (one can't), it is because ...
- now that, since, so long as, because
- so, therefore, accordingly, consequently, on those grounds, that is why, for that reason
- just from (doing), simply by
- by, with, by means of, via
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
popular ateji search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) archaic adverb
- proper, respectable, decent, honest
- entirely, completely, wholly, perfectly
popular obsolete kanji humble language noun noun (generic) archaic
- small present, trifling gift
- gift given out by companies to customers as a token of gratitude, marketing incentive
- inferior goods, low-quality article
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb archaic
- to go in the direction of, to proceed toward, to proceed according to, to repair to, to betake oneself to
- to become, to face (facts, circumstances, etc.)
- to abide by, to agree to, to consent to, to obey
popular noun noun (generic) prefix archaic humble language male term pronoun
- certain, one
- I, me