List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
archaic noun noun (generic)
- (approx.) six o'clock (am or pm, old time system)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- (approx.) four o'clock (am or pm, old time system)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- two o'clock (old time system)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- sword hilt shaped similar to the handle of a vajra
- plain, wooden sword hilt (as opposed to those wrapped in sharkskin)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- fourth watch of the night (approx. 1am to 3am)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods
- the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- third division of the night (approx. 11pm to 1am)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- fourth division of the night (approx. 1am to 3am)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- fifth division of the night (approx. 3am to 5am)
rare term noun noun (generic) archaic
- the three types of gagaku drums
- third division of the night (approx. 11pm to 1am)