吾輩は猫である – Vocabulary list

襟えり飾かざり

jewellery worn at the neck or collar of Western clothing (brooch, necklace, choker, etc.); necktie

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引ひきつける

to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion

2

立たち返かえる

to come back (to); to return to a starting point

1

歴れき史し的てき

historic; historical; traditional

1

それ以い上じょう

further; above; anymore

2

打うちつける

to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling

1

途と切ぎらす

to stop midway; to interrupt

1

じろじろ見みる

to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise

1

物もの見み高だかい

burning curiosity

1

知ち

wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

1

甲こう

carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand

6

京きょう都と

Kyoto (city, prefecture)

1

参さん詣けい人にん

worshiper; visitor to temple or shrine

1

しょうぼう

fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade

1

返へん却きゃく

return of something; repayment

1

目めがくらむ

to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)

1

楠くすのき

camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora); camphorwood; camphor laurel

1

くすのき

camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora); camphorwood; camphor laurel

2

建けん武む

Kenmu era (of unified Japan) (1334.1.29-1336.2.29); Kenmu era (of the Northern Court) (1336.2.29-1338.8.28)

3

けんむ

serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of; additional post

1

日ひ帰がえり

day trip

1

理り科か

science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)

1

物ぶつ理り

laws of nature; physical laws; physics

1

磁じ力りょく

magnetism; magnetic force

1

大おお騒さわぎ

clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

2

性しょうのいい

good-natured; kind; good-quality

1

想そう

conception; idea; thought; samjna (perception)

4

りあげ

increase in interest rates

1

誰だれにでも

anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

4

ビードロ

glass

1

漢かん土ど

China

1

きゅうじん

recruiting; job offer; job vacancy

1

形けい而じ下か

physical; material

1

坐すわり込こむ

to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)

1

孟もう子し

Mencius (372-289 BCE); Mengzi; Mencius (one of the Four Books)

1

放ほう心しん

absentmindedness; peace of mind

1

急きゅう報ほう

urgent report; urgent message

1

ようほう

directions; rules of use

1

仏ぶっ家け

Buddhist priest

1

ぶっか

changing; becoming; death

1

峯みね

peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade

1

不ふ退たい転てん

determination; conviction

1

たいてん

grand ceremony; state ceremony; important law; legal canon

1

沢さわ

mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh

1

菴いおり

hermitage; retreat

1

不ふ動どう

immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity

2

神しん妙みょう

meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous

1

ちしん

center of the earth; centre of the earth

1

置おき所どころ

place to put something; place where one put something; place to put oneself

3

暗あん誦しょう

recitation; reciting from memory

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