List: dated term
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb dated term
- to apologize (apologise)
- to refuse, to decline
- to be unable to bear, to be defeated (by), to be at a loss, to be stumped (by)
popular dated term noun noun (generic) colloquial
- patent
- one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb dated term abbreviation hanafuda archaic
- close examination, careful investigation, close inspection, careful selection, inquiry, enquiry, scrutiny, testing
- investigation of a crime, inquiry into someone's guilt
- winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game)
- reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
popular dated term noun noun (generic)
- government official, public servant, civil servant
popular noun noun (generic) dated term sensitive
- backward country
- underdeveloped country, developing country
popular JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb Kansai-ben dated term suffix
- to repair, to mend, to fix, to correct (a mistake, bad habit, etc.), to put right, to restore, to straighten (e.g. a tie), to tidy up (one's hair, make-up, etc.), to revive (one's spirits)
- to change, to alter, to convert, to translate
- to put back, to put away
- to cure, to heal
- to move up, to promote
- to do over again, to redo
popular noun noun (generic) ใช adjective adjective (generic) dated term
- friendship, (on) familiar terms, intimacy
- kindness, goodwill
popular dated term noun noun (generic)
- thief, robber
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb dated term transitive verb suffix
- to live (on, by, etc.), to lead a life, to get along, to get by
- to make a living, to earn a livelihood
- to spend one's time (doing), to pass one's days (doing), to live, to get on (doing)
- to do daily, to do all day long, to continue doing
popular dated term noun noun (generic)
- student
- student who performs housework in exchange for meals and lodging, houseboy (attending school or university)