List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
archaic noun noun (generic)
- dancing girl (end of the Heian period)
- prostitute
- tempo in gagaku
obsolete kanji noun noun (generic) Kansai-ben archaic
- geisha
- kabuki actor (esp. a young actor)
- person accomplished in the arts
noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb archaic
- eating like a dog, eating greedily with one's head down, sloppy eating, eating from a bowl without picking it up (when using chopsticks)
- dogfighting
archaic noun noun (generic)
- small shrine built at a crossroads
godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb archaic
- to blow fiercely, to rage
- to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
search-only kanji form Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to fall in love at first sight
- to see for the first time, to meet for the first time
- to have sexual relations for the first time
archaic godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to mishear
- to stop listening halfway through
obsolete kanji godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to scrape off, to scrape away
- to chop off (someone's head)
archaic pronoun
- all of you
irregular reading expression Ichidan verb verb (generic) archaic
- to couch (a sword)
- to look at cynically or ironically
- to stand ready (to do), to adopt a formal attitude