中世の文学伝統 – Vocabulary list

改かい作さく

adaptation (of story)

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淡たん白ぱく

light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous

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平へい明めい

clear; simple

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偉い才さい

genius; prodigy; (person of) great talent; remarkable person

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二に条じょう良よし基もと

Nijou Yoshimoto (1320-1388)

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追つい想そう

recollection; reminiscence

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上じょう手ず

skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

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ことごとしい

bombastic; pretentious; exaggerated

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どめ

(something) stopper (e.g. geridome is medicine for diarrhea)

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開あける

to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out

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立たちこめる

to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen

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たえる

to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

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応おう安あん

Ōan era (of the Northern Court) (1368.2.18-1375.2.27)

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大だい往おう生じょう

peaceful death

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とげる

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with

2

見み方かた

viewpoint; point of view; way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule)

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一いっ瞬しゅん

instant; moment; for an instant

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終しゅう極きょく

ultimate; final

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ある意い味みでは

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

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デカダン

decadent

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抒じょ情じょう詩し

lyric poetry; lyric poem; ode

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むか

being angry (suddenly)

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土ど台だい

foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature

2

中ちゅう興こう

restoration; revival; resurgence

3

政せい権けん

(political) administration; political power

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争そう奪だつ

struggle (for); scramble; contest

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架か空くう

fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead

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小しょう宇う宙ちゅう

microcosmos; microcosm

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禅ぜん僧そう

Zen priest

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ダンディー

dandy; fop; esthete

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流りゅう入にゅう

afflux; influx

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東ひがし山やま時じ代だい

Higashiyama period (cultural and artistic period of the mid-Muromachi)

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大たい成せい

completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success

2

もっけ

unexpected

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成なさしめる

to force to do; to compel

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霧む中ちゅう

in the fog

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茶ちゃ室しつ

tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor

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短たん冊ざく

long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle

2

色いろ紙がみ

coloured paper; colored paper

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古こ筆ひつ

old writing

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を限かぎりに

as of the end of (today, this month, etc.); to make (today, etc.) the last (day)

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新しん種しゅ

new species; new variety

1

細ほそ々ぼそ

poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow

1

授じゅ受じゅ

giving and receiving; transferring; transfer; changing hands

3

感かん付づく

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

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こる

to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate

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大おお様よう

large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool

2

釣つり合あう

to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match

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皇こう居きょ

Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence

2

軒のきを並ならべる

to stand side by side; to stand in a row

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Vocabulary list: 中世の文学伝統