List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
archaic female term pronoun
- I, me
rarely used kanji form archaic female term pronoun
- I, me
archaic noun noun (generic)
- jail warden, jailer
archaic noun noun (generic)
- Earth, the world
search-only kana form archaic noun noun (generic)
- distant place, faraway land
archaic noun noun (generic)
- direction of the capital (esp. Kyoto)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- retaliation, revenge
archaic expression noun noun (generic)
- (our) ephemeral world, this transient life, this dreamlike life
gikun or jukujikun archaic noun noun (generic)
- mandarin duck
ateji rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) archaic
- dead of the night, midnight
- third quarter of the ox's hour (around 2-2:30am or 3-3:30am)