江戸芸術論 – Vocabulary list

しゅんこう

completion of construction

3

顕あらわ

exposed; scanty; bare; public; open

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

1

歌うた川がわ豊とよ国くに

Utagawa Toyokuni

5

軽けい食しょく

light meal

2

つど

each (every) time; whenever

1

宴うたげ

party; banquet; feast

2

人にん形ぎょう芝しば居い

puppet show

2

集たかる

to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation

3

上じょう使し

shogun's envoy; emissary

1

場ば

place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)

6

妹いもうと

younger sister

1

脊せ山やま

Seyama

1

いむ

to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest

1

館やかた

mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)

4

書かき割わり

portable painting used as part of the backdrop (in kabuki, etc.)

4

片かた側がわ

one side

2

辰たつ松まつ

Tatsumatsu

1

櫓やぐら

turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura

1

やぐら

caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods

1

香こう具ぐ

incense set (e.g. burner, tray, tongs, etc.); incense paraphernalia; incense components (e.g. sandalwood, musk, aloeswood)

2

店てん

store; shop; restaurant

3

落おち

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

1

切きり落おとす

to cut off; to lop off; to prune

1

桟さ敷じき

reviewing stand; box; gallery

5

杜と絶ぜつ

stoppage; interruption; cessation; suspension

3

木もく材ざい

lumber; timber; wood

1

橙とう黄こう色しょく

orange (colour)

2

場ば風かぜ

tiles matching the round wind

1

俗ぞく

layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular

1

栄えい

honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity

1

ぎじょう

assembly hall; the House

1

えぐい

harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross

1

余よ年ねん

one's remaining years

2

きも

liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point

1

武ぶ家け屋や敷しき

samurai residence

1

番ばん付づけ

ranked list (entertainers, sumo wrestlers, millionaires, etc.); program (e.g. theatre)

6

呼よび止とめる

to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

1

吹ふき屋や町まち

Fukiyamachi

1

薫くん風ぷう

balmy breeze; summer breeze

2

店みせ

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

2

石いし畳だたみ

stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)

1

字じ

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

1

暖の簾れん

(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill

2

二に月がつ

February; second month of the lunar calendar

1

十じゅう五ご日にち

fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days

1

祝しゅく日じつ

national holiday; public holiday

1

とか

and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...

2

進しん上じょう

giving; presenting

1

しんじょう

one's background; one's history; one's circumstances; one's merit; asset; strong point

1

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