List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
archaic expression
- to close in on (a certain age, etc.), to approach, to get close to
archaic noun noun (generic)
- monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- reel for a spare bowstring
archaic noun noun (generic)
- old enough (to know better, etc.)
archaic yodan verb (archaic) yodan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb nidan verb (archaic) nidan verb (archaic) transitive verb
- to turn red, to turn rufous, to become discolored
- to redden, to blush
archaic expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- (for a nobleman) to bestow one of the kanji in his name upon someone (e.g. meritorious retainer, boy coming of age, etc.)
obsolete reading archaic noun noun (generic)
- rice water
archaic noun noun (generic)
- boiled drinking water
archaic noun noun (generic)
- Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis), soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- Japanese alder (Alnus japonica)