List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb sensitive archaic colloquial
- massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage)
- masseur, masseuse, massager
- blind person
JLPT N1 colloquial ใ adjective adjective (generic) archaic
- frightening, scary
- extreme, exaggerated, huge
polite language noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone slang archaic
- pan, pot
- transgender man (female-to-male), butch lesbian, female transvestite
- maidservant, housemaid
- night work
popular ateji rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb archaic
- surely, undoubtedly, almost certainly, most likely (e.g. 90 percent)
- sternly, severely
- having no slack, rigid, stiff, tight
- suddenly, abruptly, instantly
onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the ใจ particle noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic) archaic
- crisp (not moist or juicy), crunchy, flaky (as in pastry)
- crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.)
- doing skillfully and efficiently, doing quickly, proceeding smoothly
- sound of pouring liquid
- speaking clearly
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone pronoun archaic
- there (place relatively near listener)
- there (place just mentioned), that place
- then (of some incident just spoken of), that (of point just raised)
- you
ๅ
ถใใใsorepopular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone pronoun archaic
- that, it
- then, that point (in time), that time
- there
- you
noun noun (generic) derogatory archaic
- meddling, interference, making a pass at someone
- extending a paw to drag something closer
- hand, arm, wrist
- disfigured arm, disfigured hand
Ichidan verb verb (generic) archaic expression
- to be possible to say, to be able to say
- said, have said
onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ verb (generic) noun (generic) obsolete term archaic
- with a start, in surprise
- suddenly (realize, remember, etc.), all of a sudden
- puffing (air), with a puff
- suddenly (of a movement or change)
- standing out, being showy, being gaudy