List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun (suffix) archaic
- one line, one stretch (e.g. of road), one strand (e.g. of hair), one beam (e.g. of light), one ray, one length (e.g. of rope)
- earnest, resolute, intent, devoted, single-minded
- one bloodline, one clan
- ordinary, common
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to deal with (a person), to treat, to handle, to take care of, to entertain
- to deal with (a problem), to handle, to manage
- to operate (e.g. a machine), to handle, to work
- to deal in, to sell
- to cover (a topic), to treat, to discuss, to take up
- to treat A as B
- to mediate (an argument)
- to be too much for one, to find unmanageable
- to gossip
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb archaic
- raising (a question), posing (a problem), bringing up (an issue), presenting
- instituting (a lawsuit), lodging, filing (a claim), submitting (a case)
- lifting up
猿さるsarupopular obsolete kanji JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) derogatory archaic
- monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata), ape, non-human primate
- sly person
- idiot, hick
- sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
- clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
- bathhouse prostitute
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb usually written using kana alone transitive verb archaic
- to mind, to care about, to be concerned about, to have a regard for
- to be an issue, to matter, to create inconvenience
- to keep company, to care for, to look after, to entertain, to pay attention to, to spend time with
- to interfere with, to meddle in
- to tease
- to banish, to prohibit
popular JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to mince, to cut fine, to chop up, to hash, to shred
- to carve, to engrave, to chisel, to notch
- to tick away (time), to beat out (e.g. rhythm), to record the passing moments
- to etch (into one's mind), to remember distinctly
- to have tattooed
- to torment
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb archaic suffix
- to go by, to go past, to go along, to travel along, to pass through, to use (a road), to take (a route), to go via, to go by way of
- to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.), to operate (between), to connect
- to go indoors, to go into a room, to be admitted, to be shown in, to be ushered in, to come in
- to penetrate, to pierce, to skewer, to go through, to come through
- to permeate, to soak into, to spread throughout
- to carry (e.g. of a voice), to reach far
- to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen), to be relayed, to be conveyed
- to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.), to be approved, to be accepted
- to go by (a name), to be known as, to be accepted as, to have a reputation for
- to be coherent, to be logical, to be reasonable, to be comprehensible, to be understandable, to make sense
- to get across (e.g. of one's point), to be understood
- to pass for, to come across as, to seem like
- to be straight (e.g. wood grain)
- to be well-informed, to be wise
- to do ... completely, to do ... thoroughly
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の archaic
- irony, sarcasm, cynicism, satire
- unexpected, different from what one expected, not as one had planned
- (only) surface, something superficial
- skin and bone, body
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone な adjective adjective (generic) noun (suffix) noun (generic) archaic noun
- better, preferable, less objectionable, least-worst
- more, increase, extra
- increase, growth
屋台やたいyataipopular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) abbreviation archaic
- cart (esp. a food cart), stall, stand
- festival float, portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house, dancing platform
- stage prop fashioned after a large building
- framework (of a building), foundation
- house (esp. a small and miserable one)