吾輩は猫である – Vocabulary list

蝗ばった

grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)

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イナゴ

rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)

1

赤あか蛙がえる

any brown or reddish-brown frog (esp. of family Ranidae); Japanese brown frog (Rana japonica); brown frog

2

米こめ

(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity

5

煮に出だす

to extract essence by boiling; to extract flavor; to decoct

1

湯ゆ気げ

steam; vapour; vapor

3

何なに気げない

casual; unconcerned; nonchalant

1

とぐろ

coil

1

大だい源げん

Daigen

1

廃はいす

to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose

1

つかまえる

to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

1

もう少すこしで

almost; nearly; close to

1

辛しん抱ぼう

patience; endurance

4

鎌かま首くび

sickle-shaped neck (e.g. snake, praying mantis); crooked neck; gooseneck

4

ひょいと

suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly

2

苦くるしまぎれ

(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain

3

婆ばあさん

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

2

めいめい

each; individual

3

面おも白しろいように

with no effort at all; easily

1

抜ぬけ出だす

to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)

2

骨ほね抜ぬき

boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening

1

やるじゃないか

not bad; not half bad; pretty good

1

でもって

indicates means of action; cause of effect; by

4

愚ぐ痴ちをこぼす

to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine

1

御お休やすみなさい

good night

1

ごろりと横よこになる

to throw oneself down; to lie down

1

明みょう朝ちょう

tomorrow morning

1

あくるあさ

next morning; following morning

2

してからが

even; indicates something unexpected occurs

1

朝あさ起おき

early rising

1

筧かけひ

open water pipe; conduit

1

薬や缶かん頭あたま

bald head

2

初はつ恋こい

first love; puppy love

1

島しま田だ

pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure

3

前ぜん夜や

last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)

1

翌よく朝あさ

next morning

2

丸がん薬やく

pill

1

そらす

to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

2

鬘かつら

wig; hairpiece; toupee

2

カズラ

creeping plant; creeper; vine; liana; liane

1

たん

(cute) suffix for familiar person; cute adjective form

4

果か敢かん

resolute; determined; bold

1

運うん命めい

fate; destiny; lot

11

かこつ

to complain about; to grumble; to make an excuse for

1

千せん秋しゅう

thousand years; many years

2

先せん週しゅう

last week; the week before

2

恨こん事じ

regrettable matter

1

逆の上ぼせる

to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited

2

近きん眼がん

nearsightedness; shortsightedness; myopia

3

念ねんのため

(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake

1

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Vocabulary list: 吾輩は猫である