B: The Beginning – Vocabulary list

感かん触しょく

feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)

1

アネハヅル

demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo); Numidian crane

1

鳥とり

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

1

越えっ冬とう

passing the winter; hibernation

1

ヒマラヤ

Himalaya

1

超こえる

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

7

やつら

they; those guys

1

ツル

bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

1

北ほく壁へき

northern cliff

3

時じ速そく

speed (per hour)

1

キロ

kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer

3

一いっ気きに

in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away

1

飛とび降おりる

to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of

1

そのまま

without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after

1

羽はねを広ひろげる

to spread one's wings

1

時じ期き

time; season; period; phase; stage

1

上じょう昇しょう気き流りゅう

ascending air current; updraft; upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.

1

自じ動どう的てき

automatic

1

雲くもの上うえ

above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach

1

雲くも

cloud

2

船ふね

ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

4

戦せん時じ中ちゅう

during the war

1

飛ひ行こう船せん

airship; blimp

1

本ほん拠きょ地ち

stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters

1

不ふ可か能のう

impossible

1

組くみ合あわせ

combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination

1

縦たて

the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)

1

斜ななめ

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

1

奇き数すう

odd number

1

偶ぐう数すう

even number

1

素そ数すう

prime number

1

ルート

route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

1

パターン

pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability

1

文ぶん章しょう

writing; composition; essay; sentence

1

少すくない

few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

1

１いち枚まい

one thin flat object; one sheet

1

石せき板ばん

slate; stone slab

4

聖せい書しょ

Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ

1

莫ばく大だい

vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)

1

神しん話わ

myth; legend

2

書かき込こむ

to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash

1

直ちょく喩ゆ

simile

1

暗あん喩ゆ

metaphor

1

どうとでも

one way or the other; either way

1

内ない容よう

contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

1

多おおい

many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

1

無む視し

disregarding; ignoring

1

一いっ節せつ

a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section

1

巫み女こ

miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness

5

章しょう

chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia

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Vocabulary list: B: The Beginning