坊っちゃん – Vocabulary list

めいめい

each; individual

1

胴どう間ま声ごえ

(vulgar) thick voice

1

唄うたう

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

4

なはれ

do ...

2

三しゃ味み線せん

shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute

2

迷まい子ご

lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child

2

どんど

burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)

2

ちゃん

suffix for familiar person

4

ちきり

large beam balance; weighbeam

2

息いき

breath; breathing; tone; mood

2

おしん

nausea; urge to vomit

1

しんどい

tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining

1

噺はなし

topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story

1

家や

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

1

言こと葉ば使づかい

speech; expression; wording; language

1

ツンと

standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)

1

頓とん着ちゃく

being concerned about or mindful of

2

たまたま

occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally

1

義ぎ太だ夫ゆう

gidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater)

2

平ひら手て

palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap

1

膝ひざ

knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

5

恐きょう悦えつ

delight

2

おめでたい

special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured

1

紀き伊い

Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)

2

この上うえ

furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this

1

歪いびつ

distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin

1

物もの覚おぼえ

memory; ability to learn

1

近ちか頃ごろ

lately; recently; nowadays

5

弾ひく

to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

2

魔ま法ほう

magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell

1

はれ

swelling; boil

1

月げつ

Monday

1

まき

roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

1

リボン

ribbon

1

頭とう

counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.

1

弾はじく

to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

1

ヴァイオリン

violin

1

半はん可か

insufficiency; half ripe

2

剣けん舞ぶ

sword dance

2

けん

tendon

1

号ごう令れい

order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class

2

下くだす

to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

2

委い細さい

details; particulars

1

ステッキ

(walking) stick; cane; wand

1

踏とう破は

travelling on foot; traveling on foot; travelling all over

1

千せん

1,000; thousand

1

岳たけ

peak; mountain

1

ふみやぶる

to break by stepping on; to trample; to stomp on; to walk across; to travel on foot

1

んば

if

1

演えんじる

to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself

1

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Vocabulary list: 坊っちゃん