千曲川のスケッチ – Vocabulary list

暮ぼ色しょく

dusk; twilight scene

2

迫せまる

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

4

夕ゆう靄もや

evening haze or mist

3

もう少すこし

a bit more; a bit longer

1

つめる

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

5

縄なわを掛かける

to bind (a criminal) with rope; to arrest; to seize; to bind (something) with rope

1

暮くれかかる

to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)

1

無なくなる

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

3

暮ぼ鐘しょう

twilight tolling of a bell

1

夕ゆう

evening

1

ゆうばえ

sunset glow

1

何い時つしか

before one knows; unnoticed; unawares

1

鉛なまり色いろ

lead colour; lead color

3

暗あん紫し色しょく

dark purple

1

青あお々あお

verdant; fresh and green; bright green; lush

2

菜な

greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed

3

後うしろ姿すがた

retreating figure; appearance from behind

1

足あし速ばや

fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift

1

足あし早ばや

fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift

1

そうか

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

2

締しめる

to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

2

とく

to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

2

野や獣じゅう

wild beast; wild animal; brute

1

獣けもの

beast; brute; animal

1

青あお光びかり

bluish sheen; steel-blue sheen

1

ちらちら

falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses

4

端たん

origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity

3

黄き色いろ

yellow; amber

3

輝かがやき

brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

2

早わ稲せ田だ

field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice

1

八はち幡まん

Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly

2

杜もり

forest; shrine grove

4

もり

babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper

4

こんもり

thickly; densely; luxuriantly

3

燈とう火か

light; lamplight

4

点つく

to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire

1

一いっ俵ぴょう

one (straw) bagful

5

急いそぎ

haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch

1

いたわる

to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse

1

箒ほうき

broom

4

うろうろ

restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss

1

掃はき寄よせる

to sweep up; to sweep into a heap

1

筵むしろ

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

1

取とり集あつめる

to gather; to collect

1

女おんな達たち

women; womenfolks

1

はっきり

clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain

3

汽き笛てき

steam whistle

1

遽きょ然ぜん

sudden; abrupt

1

にわかに

suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

1

待まち

waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand

2

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Vocabulary list: 千曲川のスケッチ