List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
archaic noun noun (generic)
- Japan
popular search-only kanji form male term dated term pronoun archaic
- I, me, myself
- we, us, ourselves
archaic noun noun (generic)
- streetwalker (Edo period)
archaic な adjective adjective (generic)
- cordial and friendly, affectionate
archaic noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する
- dying of thirst
archaic noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する
- sitting up in bed
archaic noun noun (generic)
- baby
- subject, people
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone pronoun dated term formal or literary term adverb archaic
- this, this one
- this person
- now, this point (in time)
- here
- used to stress the subject of a sentence
- I, me
onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle archaic
- munching, devouring, gobbling up, ravenously
- shaggy, disheveled, unkempt
usually written using kana alone expression noun noun (generic) archaic
- hollow at nape of the neck
- toddler's shaved hairstyle leaving a small portion at the nape (esp. Edo period)