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List: archaic

Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.

Showing 1 - 10 of 3091 words for the list archaic. #arch
一般いっぱんippan

popular  JLPT N3  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic)  archaic 

  • general, universal
  • ordinary, average, common, non-celebrity
  • the same, no different, (just) as if
すじsuji

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  shogi  abbreviation  archaic  noun (suffix)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  suffix  counter 

  • muscle, tendon, sinew
  • vein, artery
  • fiber, fibre, string
  • line, stripe, streak
  • reason, logic
  • plot, storyline
  • lineage, descent
  • school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
  • aptitude, talent
  • source (of information, etc.), circle, channel
  • well-informed person (in a transaction)
  • logical move (in go, shogi, etc.)
  • ninth vertical line
  • seam on a helmet
  • gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
  • social position, status
  • on (a river, road, etc.), along
  • counter for long thin things, counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
  • street (in Osaka)
  • (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)
あとato

popular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  adverb  archaic 

  • behind, rear
  • after, later
  • remainder, the rest
  • more (e.g. five more minutes), left
  • also, in addition
  • descendant, successor, heir
  • after one's death
  • past, previous
最後さいごsaigo

popular  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  expression  archaic 

  • end, conclusion
  • last, final, latest, most recent
  • no sooner than, once, right after (often having negative consequences)
  • one's final moments
産業さんぎょうsangyou

popular  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  archaic 

  • industry
  • livelihood, occupation
ko

popular  JLPT N4  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix)  abbreviation  finance  card games  mahjong  archaic 

  • child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person
  • (one's) child, offspring
  • young woman
  • young (animal)
  • offshoot
  • interest
  • new share
  • player who is not a dealer
  • young geisha, young prostitute
  • bird egg
  • -er (often of young women)
首脳しゅのうshunou

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  archaic 

  • head, leader, top
  • important part
しゅうshuu

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix)  historical term  archaic  suffix 

  • state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.), province (e.g. of Canada), county (e.g. of the UK), region (e.g. of Italy), canton, oblast
  • continent
  • province (of Japan)
  • province (of ancient China), prefecture, department
  • dear
きたkita

popular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation  archaic 

  • north
  • the North, northern territories
  • North Korea
  • north wind
じゅうjuu

popular  JLPT N3  numeric  noun  noun (generic)  archaic 

  • ten, 10
  • ten years of age
  • book containing a collection of poems

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