List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
archaic godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to want, to desire
archaic su verb - precursor to the modern suru verb (generic) transitive verb
- to expose (a severed head)
archaic godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to rock the left hand (to produce vibrato on a koto, etc.)
archaic godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to form a pair, to correspond
archaic su verb - precursor to the modern suru verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to lie down (in bed), to take to one's bed
archaic su verb - precursor to the modern suru verb (generic) transitive verb
- to understand, to comprehend
honorific language archaic yodan verb (archaic) yodan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to eat, to drink
- to wear (clothing)
- to govern, to rule
archaic godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to push aside, to overcome (e.g. difficulties), to reject
- to align, to put in order
- to push open
archaic godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to sink, to go down, to set
- to pass away, to die
- to disappear, to vanish
- to confiscate
godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to leave (a mark, trace, etc.), to print, to stamp
- to be a sign of, to be an omen for