List: dated term
search-only kanji form godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb dated term archaic interjection
- to object, to protest, to complain
- to speak, to say
- hello!, is anyone home?, may I come in?
card games noun noun (generic) dated term abbreviation
- one's hand
- name tag, nameplate, business card
- wallet-sized (photo)
dated term poetical term noun noun (generic)
- Empire (of Japan), the (Japanese) Empire, Japan
search-only kanji form dated term noun noun (generic)
- child whose paternity is unknown, illegitimate child
- child whose father is dead, fatherless child
dated term noun noun (generic) archaic
- young person, young man, young woman
- boy who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony (Edo period)
- young (homosexual) male prostitute, young kabuki actor also working as a male prostitute
- boy in a homosexual relationship (with a man)
rarely used kanji form irregular okurigana JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) dated term
- vacancy, room for rent or lease
- gap (between two objects), opening, space
rarely used kanji form dated term noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- corruption (esp. by a government employee), bribery
dated term polite language female term noun noun (generic)
- bathroom, toilet (room)
search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) dated term card games
- touching a wrong card (in karuta), buzzing too early (in a quiz)
- making a mistress of a servant, mistress (who is one's servant)
- foul (comp. karuta), touching a card which is not in the same territory as the correct card
noun noun (generic) dated term
- handle
- mistress, kept woman, concubine