仏教人生読本 – Vocabulary list

ひさご

(arch.) gourd; (arch.) calabash; (arch.) bottle gourd; dried gourd, used as flask

1

打だ

hitting a ball; batting; stroke

2

従じゅう軍ぐん

military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign

1

敵てき勢せい

enemy's strength or fighting power

1

願がん

prayer; wish; vow

1

白ぬ膠る木で

Chinese sumac (Brucea javanica)

1

四し天てん王のう

the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)

2

頂いただき

crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received

1

たき

waterfall; (arch.) rapids

1

ふさ

tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section

2

馳はせる

to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)

1

忿ふん怒ぬ

anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation

1

ふん

hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

1

信しん服ぷく

being convinced

1

勇ゆう

bravery; courage; heroism

1

眦まなじり

corner of the eye

2

睨にらむ

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

1

若わかき

young person; youth; young

1

皇おう子じ

imperial prince

1

みこ

miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness

1

勇ゆう姿し

brave figure; valiant figure; heroic figure; gallant figure

1

拝はい察さつ

surmise; guess; inference

1

摂せっ津つ

Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)

1

報ほう謝しゃ

repaying a favor; repaying a favour

1

心こころある

thoughtful; considerate; sensible; prudent; having good taste; discerning

1

仰あおぎ奉たてまつる

to look up

2

御ご廟びょう

mausoleum; shrine; the (imperial) court

1

聖せい徳とく

imperial virtue; heavenly virtue; greatest virtue; highest virtue

1

和わ讃さん

hymns of praise in Japanese

1

歎たん

sigh; grief; lamentation

1

聖せい旨し

imperial command

1

国こく民みん性せい

national traits or character; nationality

1

万ばん代だい不ふ易えき

eternity; perpetuity

1

伝つたわる

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

1

原げん料りょう

raw materials

1

産さん出しゅつ

production; output; turning out

1

加か工こう

manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining

1

輸ゆ出しゅつ

export; exportation; efferent

1

国こく土ど

country; territory; domain; realm

1

民みん情じょう

condition (sentiment) of the people

2

篩ふるい

sieve; sifter; screen; screening (jobs, candidates, etc.)

1

選せん

selection; choice; choosing; picking; election

1

民みん族ぞく精せい神しん

racial spirit; national spirit

7

精せい製せい

refining; purification

1

日に本ほん的てき

(typically) Japanese

1

奈な良ら朝ちょう

Nara period (710-794); imperial court during Nara period

2

適てきす

to fit; to suit

1

萎しおり

interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku

1

萎しなびる

to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened

1

以い後ご

after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after

2

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Vocabulary list: 仏教人生読本