List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
archaic noun noun (generic)
- manservant
archaic noun noun (generic)
- gathering of men and women who sang courtship songs to each other and danced, dancing and singing feast of young men and women in ancient Japan
gikun or jukujikun archaic noun noun (generic)
- ritual singing and dancing gathering of young men and women
archaic expression
- very sorry, remorseful, apologetic, contrite
archaic noun noun (generic)
- eave-end roof tile (comprising a convex semi-cylindrical tile and a decorative pendant)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- alley, alleyway
- crossroads, intersection
archaic noun noun (generic)
- slit in the curtains that allows someone on stage to see the audience (in kabuki theatre)
- public eye, feeling of being watched, casual observers
archaic noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- conveying the views of the subordinates to the rulers, rulers apprehending the views of those they govern
archaic noun noun (generic)
- unlucky direction (in Onmyลdล; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period)