Kotarou wa Hitorigurashi – Vocabulary list

prohibition; inhibition; ban

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railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations

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あおい

mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); hollyhock

4

きが

daily life; daily living; waking up and going to sleep

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木き

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

3

みこ

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

1

うき

floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy

1

ざっくり

roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open

1

メモ

note; memo; memorandum

1

目もく的てき地ち

place of destination

2

霊れい園えん

(garden) cemetery; park-style cemetery; memorial park

6

やすらぐ

to feel at ease

4

１いち度どだけ

only once

1

和かず宮のみや

Kazunomiya (1846.7.3-1877.9.2)

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家け

house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

1

墓はか

gravesite; tomb

3

上うえ様さま

emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife

1

墓はか参まいり

visit to a grave

2

じいちゃん

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

2

ばあちゃん

granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

2

前まえに

ahead; before; ago

1

亡なくなる

to die

1

掃そう除じ

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

2

拭ふく

to wipe; to dry

1

旧きゅう姓せい

one's original family name; maiden name

1

小さ夜よ

evening

7

梨なし

nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta); Japanese pear; Asian pear; sand pear; apple pear

7

文も字じ

letter (of alphabet); character; writing

1

姓せい

surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)

1

線せん香こう

incense stick

1

供そなえる

to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate

1

お参まいり

visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship

3

じっくり

deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing

1

気きが散ちる

to get distracted; to jump off the track

1

ほらほら

look, look!

1

仕し方かたがない

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

まあまあ

so-so; passable; now, now; my, my

1

訳わけにはいかない

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

1

宮みや

shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.

4

細こまかい

small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

1

じいじ

grandpa; grampa; grandfather

1

ばあば

grandma; grandmother

1

過すごす

to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support

1

足あし元もと

at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

1

覚かく悟ご

readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

1

そう言いう

such; like that; that sort of; very

1

であれば

if it is the case that ...

1

決けっして

(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

1

墓ぼ石せき

tombstone; gravestone

1

育そだつ

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

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Vocabulary list: Kotarou wa Hitorigurashi