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Old-fashioned words and expressions no longer in use.

Showing 21 - 30 of 676 words for the list obsolete term. #obs
弥生やよいyayoi

popular  obsolete term  noun  noun (generic)  historical term  archaic 

  • third month of the lunar calendar
  • Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE), Yayoi culture
  • thick growth (of grass, etc.)
理学りがくrigaku

popular  noun  noun (generic)  obsolete term 

  • (physical) science, natural science
  • physics
  • philosophy
  • neo-Confucianism
せんsen

popular  obsolete kanji  noun  noun (generic)  obsolete term  archaic 

  • sen (hundredth of a yen)
  • coin made of non-precious materials
  • one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency)
  • one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
消極しょうきょくshoukyoku

popular  noun or verb acting prenominally  adjective (generic)  electricity, elec. eng.  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb  obsolete term 

  • passive, negative, conservative
  • depolarization
  • cathode
とらtora

popular  noun  noun (generic)  obsolete term 

  • the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac)
  • hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am)
  • east-northeast
  • first month of the lunar calendar
初夏しょかshoka

popular  noun  noun (generic)  obsolete term 

  • early summer
  • fourth month of the lunar calendar
保健婦ほけんふhokenfu

popular  obsolete term  noun  noun (generic) 

  • (female) public health nurse
うまuma

popular  noun  noun (generic)  obsolete term 

  • the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac)
  • hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm)
  • south
  • fifth month of the lunar calendar
ほうhou

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix)  obsolete term 

  • information, news, report
  • reward, retribution
教書きょうしょkyousho

popular  noun  noun (generic)  obsolete term 

  • message (delivered by the US president or a state governor), address
  • (papal) bull, decree
  • textbook

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