綺堂むかし語り – Vocabulary list

養よう蚕さん

sericulture; silkworm culture; silkworm raising

1

ようさん

many; a lot; much

1

季き節せつ

season; time of year

1

蚕かいこ

silkworm (Bombyx mori)

2

念ねんじる

to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)

2

通とおり一いっ遍ぺん

perfunctory; cursory; passing; chance (e.g. customer); transient; stray

1

重じゅう大だい

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

1

真ま面じ目め

serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

1

どう考かんがえても

surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it

3

到いたる処ところ

everywhere; all over; throughout

1

榛はしばみ

Asian hazel (Corylus heterophylla var. thunbergii); Siberian hazel

1

東とう北ほく

north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku

1

蓑みの笠かさ

sedge hat and straw rain cape

1

みの

straw raincoat

2

莚むしろ

woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat

2

ぐったり

limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically

1

痛つう切せつ

keen; acute; heartfelt

2

鉛なまり

lead (Pb)

1

雨あま雲ぐも

rain cloud

1

無む限げん

infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless

1

三さん名めい山ざん

Japan's Three Famous Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku)

1

呪のろわしい

hateful; accursed

1

長なが野の

Nagano (city, prefecture)

1

高たか崎さき

Takasaki (city in Gunma)

2

前まえ橋ばし

Maebashi (city in Gunma)

2

向むかい

facing; opposite; across the street; other side

1

翅はね

(insect) wing

1

バネ

spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus

1

掩おおう

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

4

ゴム

gum; rubber; eraser; condom

1

蛙かえる

frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)

8

四し方ほう

the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there

2

来くる日ひ

the coming days

1

崖がけ

cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

6

アオギリ

Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex); Chinese-bottletree; Japanese varnishtree; phoenix-tree

2

槐えんじゅ

Japanese pagoda tree (Sophora japonica)

2

エンジュ

Japanese pagoda tree (Sophora japonica)

1

拡ひろげる

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

4

たわわ

heavily laden (of a branch); sagging; drooping; bent low

1

寄より集あつまる

to gather together

2

緑みどり

green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)

2

幾いく分ぶん

somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion

3

人じん工こう

artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality

1

ろうとして

firmly; strongly

1

松明たいまつ

torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight

2

毛け虫むし

hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)

1

畳たたみ替がえ

renewing mats; refacing mats

1

逗とう留りゅう客きゃく

sojourner; visitor

4

餌えさ

(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement

2

あさる

to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge

3

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Vocabulary list: 綺堂むかし語り