List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
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)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- place where one spends the night to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction
archaic Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to mess around, to clown around
- to take advantage of, to be spoiled, to be spoilt
archaic humble language pronoun
- I, me
archaic noun noun (generic)
- earplug (traditional jewellery worn in the earlobe, popular in Han dynasty China)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- earplug (traditional jewellery worn in the earlobe, popular in Jomon-period Japan)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- house covered with dew, place covered with dew
archaic noun noun (generic)
- lie
archaic noun noun (generic)
- secret mistress
archaic noun noun (generic)
- secret (male) lover