List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
popular obsolete reading irregular okurigana pronoun archaic prefix
- I, me
- oneself
- you
- prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb archaic
- infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.), contravention, running afoul
- conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.), inconsistency, incompatibility, contradiction
- collision, contact, touching
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) archaic
- war, battle, campaign, fight
- troops, forces
popular abbreviation noun noun (generic) archaic adverb
- Hachiman (God of War)
- Hachiman shrine
- certainly
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) archaic noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ
- custom, convention, common practice
- becoming accustomed (to)
popular ใช adjective adjective (generic) archaic
- detailed, scrupulous, careful, minute, faithful, elaborate
- diligent, honest, upright, sincere
popular rarely used kanji form historical term noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb archaic
- ronin, masterless samurai
- high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination
- person out of work, jobless person
- wanderer, drifter
popular JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb archaic
- to pull up, to drag up, to lift up
- to increase, to raise (e.g. taxes)
- to withdraw, to leave, to pull out, to retire
- to promote (someone to a higher position)
- to return home
- to expedite the schedule
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) archaic
- wife and children
- wife
popular noun noun (generic) archaic
- constitutional government
- exemplary government, excellent government