江戸芸術論 – Vocabulary list

一いち条じょう

a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic

1

一いっ本ぽん

one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point

3

慶けい長ちょう

Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)

1

けいちょう

flippant; frivolous; thoughtless; careless

1

車くるま

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

5

条じょう

article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though

1

廻まわり

rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via

1

なぜに

why; how

1

理り

reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos

1

佚いつ

being comfortable; relaxing

3

テコ

lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper

1

とうとう

finally; at last; ultimately; in the end

1

夕ゆう風かぜ

evening breeze

1

あちこち

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

1

めぐる

to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

1

くたびれる

to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with

1

大おお地じ震しん

major earthquake; large earthquake

2

安あん静せい

rest; quiet; repose

1

変へん災さい

accident; disaster

1

煎せん薬やく

(medical) decoction; infusion

1

せんやく

former post; former occupant of the post

1

ふりだし

shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)

1

台詞せりふ

speech; words; one's lines; remarks

3

都みやこ人びと

residents of the capital; townsfolk

2

惨さん澹たん

miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking

2

天てん変ぺん

natural calamity; striking phenomena in heaven and earth

1

てんぺん

high in the sky; highest heaven

1

徳とく川がわ時じ代だい

Tokugawa period (i.e. the Edo period, 1603-1867)

2

三さん百びゃく

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

2

一いっ貫かん

consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi

2

万まん葉よう集しゅう

Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)

1

厳げん然ぜん

grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)

2

一いつ形けい式しき

one form (of); a form of

1

新しん体たい

new style

1

砕くだく

to break; to smash

1

革かく新しん

reform; innovation

1

俳はい諧かい師し

writer of haikai poems

1

品ひん性せい

character

1

本ほん来らいの面めん目もく

one's true nature

3

俗ぞく悪あく

worldliness; vulgarity; coarseness

2

野や卑ひ

vulgar; mean; base; coarse; crude

1

清せい新しん

fresh; new

1

飯いい蛸だこ

ocellated octopus (Octopus ocellatus)

1

イイダコ

ocellated octopus (Octopus ocellatus)

1

かこむ

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

1

なりに

in one's own way or style

2

年としの暮くれ

year end

1

排はい斥せき

rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism

1

也や有ゆう

Yayuu

1

翁おう

old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father

4

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Vocabulary list: 江戸芸術論