古寺巡礼 – Vocabulary list

平へい坦たん

even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful

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田た畑はた

fields (of rice and other crops)

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険けん

steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)

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蔵ぞうする

to store; to contain

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行ぎょう者じゃ

ascetic; pilgrim; devotee

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今いまでは

now; nowadays

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鉄てつ道どう

railroad; railway; rail transport

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当とう麻ま駅えき

Touma Station

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便べん利り

convenient; handy; useful

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にじょう

squaring; multiplying (a number) by itself; second power

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東とう南なん

south-east

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麻ま呂ろ

(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets

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黄きばむ

to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)

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一いっ本ぽん道みち

direct unforked road; straight path

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突つき当あたり

end (of a street, hallway, etc.)

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牧ぼっ歌か的てき

pastoral; idyllic

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伝でん奇き的てき

legendary

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裳も裾すそ

cuff (of pants); hem (of skirt); train (of dress); foot (of mountain)

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青あお々あお

verdant; fresh and green; bright green; lush

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のびる

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

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菜なの花はな

rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers

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香かおる

to smell sweet; to be fragrant

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一ひと筋すじ

one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

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たんぽぽ

dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)

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白はく玉ぎょく

white gem

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なよやか

weak and soft; supple; pliant

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服ふく

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

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円まる味み

roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity

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おくれ毛げ

straggling hair

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あわれ

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

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なやましい

seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy

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物もの憂うい

languid; weary; listless; melancholy

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侍じ女じょ

lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid

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うなだれる

to hang one's head; to droop one's head

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忍しのぶ

to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand

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嘆たん息そく

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

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ためいき

sigh

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悲かなしい

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

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いさぎよい

manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure

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栄えい耀よう

luxury; splendour; splendor; prosperity

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かろしめる

to belittle; to look down on

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山さん林りん

mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest

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幽ゆう閑かん

quiet and secluded

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しのぶ

to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer

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当とう寺じ

this temple

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蘭らん

orchid; Netherlands; Holland

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若わか

youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new

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刹さつ

temple (Buddhist); central pillar of a pagoda; kshetra (realm, country); ksetra

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常じょう設せつ

standing (committee); permanent (exhibit)

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天てん平ぴょう宝ほう字じ

Tenpyō-hōji era (757.8.18-765.1.7)

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Vocabulary list: 古寺巡礼