List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb archaic
- to disappear, to vanish
- to die
noun noun (generic) archaic
- iris (flower)
- Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea)
- sweet flag (Acorus calamus), calamus
derogatory archaic noun noun (generic)
- people from Kansai
archaic godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to overcome, to get through
noun noun (generic) archaic
- land of the dead, netherworld
- distant country
noun noun (generic) archaic
- prisoner's base (children's game)
- man-eating monster
irregular okurigana godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to scatter, to blow about
- to spread a rumor, to talk around
noun noun (generic) archaic
- aborted, stillborn or miscarried foetus (fetus)
- newborn baby
archaic noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ
- weakening, declining
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) archaic
- freckle, lentigo, ephelis
- buckwheat chaff