List: archaic
Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.
derogatory archaic noun noun (generic)
- people from Kansai
archaic godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to overcome, to get through
noun noun (generic) archaic
- land of the dead, netherworld
- distant country
popular ateji rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone interjection adverb noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) archaic
- by no means, never!, well, I never!, you don't say!, no way!
- certainly (not), surely (not), hardly (expected)
- something unexpected, emergency
- indeed, really, truly, unexpectedly
- (the) present, (the) here and now, situation at hand
noun noun (generic) archaic
- prisoner's base (children's game)
- man-eating monster
irregular okurigana godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb archaic
- to scatter, to blow about
- to spread a rumor, to talk around
archaic noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ
- weakening, declining
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) archaic
- freckle, lentigo, ephelis
- buckwheat chaff
archaic noun noun (generic)
- correct meaning, original meaning
- true heart
archaic nidan verb (archaic) nidan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to grow (of plants), to spring up