popular  noun  noun (generic)  obsolete term 

• the Dog (eleventh sign of the Chinese zodiac)
• hour of the Dog (around 8pm, 7-9pm, or 8-10pm)
• west-northwest
• ninth month of the lunar calendar

popular  noun  noun (generic)  obsolete term 

• the Boar (twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Pig
• hour of the Boar (around 10pm, 9-11pm, or 10pm to 12 midnight)
• north-northwest
• tenth month of the lunar calendar

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  obsolete term 

• the Rabbit (fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Hare
• hour of the Rabbit (around 6am, 5-7am, or 6-8am)
• east
• second month in the lunar calendar

gairaigo  English origin  popular  obsolete term  noun  noun (generic) 

• moderates (politics), centrists

popular  obsolete term  noun  noun (generic) 

• mongolism, Down's syndrome

obsolete term  noun  noun (generic) 

• (former) regular (stops at every station) Tōhoku-line Shinkansen

い adjective  adjective (generic)  obsolete term 

• petty, small-minded, stingy, cheap, mean, crafty, sly
• poor (performance, etc.), bad, unskilled

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N1  usually written using kana alone  pre-noun adjectival  adjective (generic)  obsolete term  adverb 

• unexpected, unlikely, strange
• terrible, awful, horrible, serious, outrageous
• very, extremely

onomatopoeic or mimetic word  adverb  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  verb (generic)  noun (generic)  obsolete term  archaic 

• with a start, in surprise
• suddenly (realize, remember, etc.), all of a sudden
• puffing (air), with a puff
• suddenly (of a movement or change)
• standing out, being showy, being gaudy

obsolete term  unclassified 

• hiragana "wi" (historical kana)