論語物語 – Vocabulary list

似にても似につかぬ

quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance

1

雲くも

cloud

2

耳みみにはいる

to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)

1

うずく

to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile

1

身みにしみる

to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)

2

有ありがとう

thank you; thanks

3

真ま心ごころ

sincerity; true heart; devotion

1

生なる

to bear fruit

6

どうやら

possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely

4

本ほん物もの

genuine article; real thing; real deal

2

人じん生せい論ろん

one's world view; one's view of life; essay on life

1

目もく標ひょう

goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

3

目めを覚さます

to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened

2

不ふ首しゅ尾び

failure; poor result; disfavour; disfavor; unpopularity

1

にもかかわらず

in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but

2

いつもより

more than usual (usu. time)

1

三さん百びゃく

300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

1

蔽おおう

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

1

なし

without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)

7

犂すき

spade; plough; plow

2

南なん面めん

south face; south side; facing south; ascending the throne; ruling (as emperor)

2

桑くわ

mulberry (tree)

6

乃すなわち

that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case

1

然ぜん

-like

1

佞ねい

flattery; insincerity

3

君くん

Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam

4

給きゅう

wage; recompense

1

憎にくい

hateful; detestable; abominable; amazing; fantastic; admirable

1

くし

comb

3

角かど

corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness

4

用もちうる

to use; to make use of; to utilize

4

勿まな

must not; may not

1

からん

text at the foot of a page, document, screen, etc.

3

山やま川がわ

mountain river; mountain stream

2

舎しゃ

hut; house; boarding house; residence hall; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)

2

人じん君くん

sovereign; ruler

3

惜おしむ

to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling

1

寛かん仁じん大たい度ど

being generous, benevolent and magnanimous in disposition

1

こせつく

to make a fuss (about nothing); to be fussy; to be restless; to be cramped; to be claustrophobic

2

高こう弟てい

best pupil; leading disciple

4

大おお袈げ裟さ

exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose

2

すぎ

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

2

うしろめたい

guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

1

忠ちゅう言げん

(good) advice

1

過あやまちを改あらためる

to correct a fault

2

婉えん曲きょく

euphemistic; circumlocutory; periphrastic; roundabout; indirect

2

真しん意い

real intention; true motive; true meaning

3

いい気きになる

to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself

1

その実じつ

in fact

1

よい男おとこ

handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler

2

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Vocabulary list: 論語物語