List: formal or literary term

rarely used kana form  rarely used kanji form  search-only kanji form  formal or literary term  usually written using kana alone  expression 

• quite right, indeed, truly, well said

formal or literary term  noun  noun (generic)  historical term 

• prisoner (of war), captive
• Emishi allied with the Japanese during the Nara and Heian periods

search-only kanji form  formal or literary term  noun  noun (generic) 

• (electrical) cable, power cable

formal or literary term  pre-noun adjectival  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic) 

• unhappy, sad, miserable, wretched, gloomy, melancholic, bitter

formal or literary term  expression  noun  noun (generic) 

• dead person, deceased person

formal or literary term  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb 

• withering, dying (plants)
• growing skinny, wasting away

formal or literary term  suru verb  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

• to praise (someone of lower status), to extol, to applaud, to esteem

obsolete reading  formal or literary term  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• complete, whole, perfect, entire
• safe

formal or literary term  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

• to bear a child, to give birth (to)

formal or literary term  たる adjective  adjective (generic)  adverb taking the と particle 

• murmuring (stream, brook, etc.), gurgling, babbling