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List: archaic

Words or expressions no longer current or that are current only within a few special contexts.

Showing 491 - 500 of 3132 words for the list archaic. #arch
えきeki

archaic  noun  noun (generic) 

  • playing the game of go
ねいnei

archaic  noun  noun (generic) 

  • flattery, insincerity
搦め手からめてkaramete

obsolete reading  search-only kanji form  noun  noun (generic)  archaic 

  • rear gate (esp. of castle), back entrance
  • (opponent's) weak point
  • force attacking the rear of a castle
  • official in charge of imprisoning offenders
梟するきょうするkyousuru

archaic  suru verb  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

  • to expose (a severed head)
沐浴もくよくmokuyoku

noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb  archaic 

  • bathing (of an infant)
  • ablution
  • receiving a blessing
沽券こけんkoken

rarely used kanji form  noun  noun (generic)  archaic 

  • dignity, credit, public estimation, face, honor, reputation
  • deed of sale (for a land, forest or house)
  • sale value, selling price
穢土えどedo

Buddhism  expression  archaic 

  • this impure world (as opposed to the pure land)
  • feces, faeces
螽斯きりぎりすkirigirisu

rarely used kanji form  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  archaic 

  • Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri)
  • katydid, bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae), long-horned grasshopper
  • cricket
ボロ家ぼろやboroya

rarely used kanji form  noun  noun (generic)  archaic 

  • run-down shabby house
  • rag and scrap merchant
靉靆あいたいaitai

たる adjective  adjective (generic)  adverb taking the と particle  archaic  noun  noun (generic) 

  • trailing (clouds), thick, heavy
  • dark (mood), gloomy (feeling)
  • eyeglasses

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