List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
archaic noun noun (generic)
- bronze wind bells hanging from eaves of temple towers or halls (esp. four corners)
- wind bell, wind chimes
archaic noun noun (generic)
- everyday garment worn by men in ancient Japan
archaic noun noun (generic)
- ancient Japanese sweat-absorbent summer garment
archaic godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to slip out of one's scabbard (of swords)
usually written using kana alone archaic godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to wrench someone down to the ground
gairaigo Dutch origin archaic noun noun (generic)
- United Kingdom, England
archaic honorific language noun noun (generic)
- the works (of the gods)
archaic auxiliary verb verb (generic) noun noun (generic)
- indicates recollection or realization (i.e. of hearsay or the past), can form a poetic past tense
- indicates continuation from the past to the present
- end, conclusion
historical term noun noun (generic) derogatory archaic
- beggars at the Ise Grand Shrine
- successful but stingy merchants from Ise
archaic derogatory noun noun (generic)
- person from Kansai