List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
archaic noun noun (generic) rare term
- mirror
- Mafutsu no Kagami (alternate name for Yata no Kagami, the mirror of the Imperial regalia)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- large jewel
archaic noun noun (generic)
- large jewel, string of jewels
- Yasakani no Magatama (the grand jewel or string of jewels; one of the three Imperial regalia)
archaic noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) counter
- distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger (approx. 18 cm)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- eight ata (approx. 144 cm)
- large, long
archaic ใใ adjective adjective (generic) adverb taking the ใจ particle
- bright, beaming, brilliant, glowing
archaic noun noun (generic)
- jeweled spear (jewelled)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- Ama no Ukihashi, the heavenly floating bridge by which gods are said to descend from the heavens to the earth
rarely used kanji form Japanese mythology noun noun (generic) archaic
- Onokoro Island (island formed by drops of water falling from the heavenly jeweled spear), Onogoro Island
- Japan
archaic noun noun (generic)
- Ama no Nuhoko, the heavenly jeweled spear used by Izanagi and Izanami