死者の書 – Vocabulary list

きはじめる

to come for the first time; to become for the first time

1

うなる

to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)

1

数すう年ねん

several years; a few years

1

内ない

inside; within

2

狭さ

narrow; thin

11

むさい

filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid

6

桃花鳥とき

Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon); crested ibis

1

波なみ

wave; ups and downs

1

坂さか

slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

1

はた

near; close; beside; third person

7

かのえ

7th in rank; seventh sign of the Chinese calendar

1

不ふ安あん

anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity

4

歎たん息そく

sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring

1

たんそ

carbon (C)

1

し続つづける

to continue to do; to persist in doing

1

みずごり

cold-water ablutions

1

毎まい

every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each

1

ほうっと

deeply

1

及およぶ

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

2

成せい長ちょう

growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

1

あきれる

to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated

1

目めをみはる

to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed

1

賜たまもの

gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)

1

たも

hand net; dip net; scoop net

1

素す直なお

obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)

2

求もとめ

request; appeal; claim; purchase

1

骨ほねを刺さす

to chill one's bones (e.g. because of cold, pain, etc.); to be very cold; to be scathing

1

痛いたい

painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding

1

何なに

what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest

12

教おしえ

teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

1

ましょうか

shall I?; shall we?

1

目もっ下か

at present; now

2

目め上うえ

superior; superiors; senior

2

聞きき届とどける

to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)

1

ならう

to imitate; to follow; to emulate

1

負まけ色いろ

signs of defeat

1

救すくう

to rescue from; to help out of; to save

2

はさ

drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice

2

御み心こころ

(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will

1

揺ゆり

vibration; flickering; jolting; tremor

3

いぶ

authority and force

1

もし

if; in case; supposing

1

仰おっしゃる

to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

1

私わたし

I; me

3

蒙もう

ignorance; covering; concealing; Mongolia

1

知ち識しき

knowledge; information

1

に対たいする

regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to

2

単たん純じゅん

simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive

2

自じ覚かく

self-consciousness; self-awareness

1

帳ちょう台だい

curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)

6

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Vocabulary list: 死者の書