List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
archaic noun noun (generic)
- black rope used to bind criminals, being bound in prison
archaic noun noun (generic)
- smooth unlettered back surface of an old "zeni" coin
historical term noun noun (generic) archaic
- taotie (Chinese mythological creature commonly represented as a motif on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties)
- covetousness, greed, avarice
usually written using kana alone expression archaic conjunction particle
- the more ... the more ..., as
- while, during
- because, since
usually written using kana alone archaic honorific language auxiliary verb verb (generic) godan verb godan verb (archaic) transitive verb
- to receive from another
expression noun noun (generic) abbreviation archaic
- day of the Rat (esp. the first day of the Rat in the New Year)
- collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots
- pine shoot pulled out by the roots
archaic godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to rub into
- to train for, to prepare for
pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic) archaic adverb
- the usual, as it always is
- said, that (previously-mentioned person or object), aforementioned, you-know-(who, what, etc.)
- in the usual way
archaic noun noun (generic) adverb
- this year, the current year
archaic conjunction
- as such, for that reason, therefore, consequently