自警録 – Vocabulary list

銘めい々めい

each; individual

1

内ない観かん

introspection; view from the inside; interior appearance; implication

1

没ぼっ頭とう

immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to

2

一ひと粒つぶ

(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead

1

自じ分ぶんの力ちから

one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself

2

消しょう耗もう

exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste

2

さく

fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress

1

繁はん劇げき

extreme busyness

1

反はん撃げき

counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

1

祖そ父ふ

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

2

禅ぜん僧そう

Zen priest

2

禅ぜん学がく

Zen studies; Zen practice

4

全ぜん額がく

total; full amount; sum

1

これという

(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning

1

いらっしゃる

to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

1

前まえに進すすむ

to move forward; to move on

1

一寸ちょっと

a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily

1

突とっ

very; much

1

嗟ああ

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

1

とっさ

moment; instant

1

退しりぞく

to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire

2

冥めい想そう

meditation; contemplation

1

めいそう

meditation; contemplation

2

寝ね

sleep

1

回かい数すう

number of times; frequency; count

1

はばかる

to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence

1

五ご分ぶ

half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%

1

いえども

even though; despite; notwithstanding

1

希き

dilute; rare

1

俗ぞく事じ

worldly affairs; everyday affairs; common cares; routine work; daily chores

1

越こす

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

1

身みを隠かくす

to hide oneself

1

異い境きょう

foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land

1

隠いん遁とん

retirement (from the world); seclusion

2

遁とん世せい

seclusion from the world

1

心しん境きょう

state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

1

楽らく

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

1

寧ねい静せい

calmness; peacefulness; tranquility

2

毎ごと

each; every

1

改あらたまる

to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal

1

幾いく歳とせ

number of years

1

いくつ

how many; how old

1

摩ま滅めつ

defacement; abrasion; wear and tear; crushing of a nerve

1

まめ

diligent; hardworking; healthy; fit; (arch.) faithful; (arch.) devoted

1

較くらべる

to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

1

自じ分ぶんながら

if I do say so myself

2

数すう週しゅう間かん

several weeks; a few weeks

1

その際さい

in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period

1

文ぶん士し

man of letters; literary man

4

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

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Vocabulary list: 自警録