List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
ćČăăăsakupopular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb archaic
- to bloom, to flower, to blossom, to open
- to rise up (of breaking waves)
popular JLPT N1 adverb archaic
- especially, particularly, unusually, above all
- additionally
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) archaic
- opportunity, occasion, chance
- order, sequence
- successor
äžăăuepopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ăź adjective (generic) honorific language suffix archaic
- above, over, up
- top, summit, upper part, head (e.g. of a staircase)
- surface, on (top of)
- the above (in a piece of writing), earlier part
- superior, better, higher (position, rank, etc.), upper (class)
- elder, older, senior
- with respect to ..., in terms of, as far as ... is concerned, when (e.g. drunk)
- besides ..., in addition to ..., on top of ..., as well as ...
- after ..., upon ..., on ..., with (e.g. full awareness), as a result of ...
- since ..., now that ..., because ...
- honorable, venerable, dear
- emperor, sovereign, shogun, daimyo
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone interjection noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ăź adjective (generic) archaic rare term adverb
- by no means, never!, well, I never!, you don't say!, certainly (not)
- something unexpected, emergency
- currently, for the time being, presently, for now
- indeed, really, truly, unexpectedly
popular obsolete reading noun noun (generic) archaic
- divine work, miracle, superhuman feat
- Shinto ritual
popular JLPT N3 noun taking the genitive case particle ăź adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) colloquial abbreviation prefix archaic
- raw, uncooked, fresh
- natural, as it is, unedited, unprocessed
- unprotected (sex), raw, bareback
- live (i.e. not recorded)
- inexperienced, unpolished, green, crude
- impudence, sauciness
- unpasteurized beer, draft beer, draught beer
- blank (e.g. disk), unused
- just a little, somehow, vaguely, partially, somewhat, half-, semi-
- insufficient, incomplete, half-baked, half-hearted, perfunctory
- cash
- tipsiness
popular JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to mend, to patch up, to repair, to fix, to darn
- to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.), to adjust, to tidy up, to groom
- to keep up appearances, to cover up (e.g. a mistake), to gloss over
- to treat (illness, injury, etc.)
äžăȘănakapopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) adverb noun taking the genitive case particle ăź adjective (generic) archaic
- inside, interior
- among, within
- middle, center, centre
- during, while, middle, midst, amid
- interval, gap
- mean, average
- second (of three, e.g. sons, volumes), middle
- medium grade, medium quality
- red-light district
popular JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone adverb archaic interjection
- how, in what way
- how (much), to what extent
- however (much), no matter how
- hey, oi