木綿以前の事 – Vocabulary list

恋こいしい

yearned for; longed for; missed

1

柳やなぎ

willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

3

さりゅう

sedge hat and straw rain cape

1

となれば

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

1

貝かい

shellfish; seashell; shell

1

頭ず巾きん

hood; kerchief

2

あぶる

to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil

1

文ぶん鳥ちょう

Java sparrow; Java rice finch (Lonchura oryzivora, Padda oryzivora)

1

ぶんちょう

writing style

1

本ほん業ぎょう

principal occupation; core business

1

修しゅ験げん者じゃ

mountain ascetic; practitioner of Shugendō

1

蜂はち

bee; wasp; hornet

2

巣す

nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

1

卓たく

table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner

1

地ち誌し

topography

1

寄き進しん

contribution (to a temple, shrine, etc.); donation

1

飛とび入いり

taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals

1

気きの強つよい

strong-willed; strong of heart

1

鶯うぐいす

Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice

2

きき

relaxed and enjoyable; spacious; vast; heavily trafficked; bustling

1

此こん

this

1

くわ

hoe

2

車しゃ

car; vehicle

2

大だい徳とく

great virtue; virtuous priest; priest; rich person

1

だく

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

1

支し考こう

Shikou

2

悔くい

regret; repentance

2

舅しゅうと

father-in-law

1

翠みどり

green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)

1

局きょく

bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation

3

すい

cone; pyramid

2

活かっ計けい

livelihood

1

片かた手て間ま

spare time; free time; leisure time

1

口くちやかましい

nagging; critical; talkative; gossipy

1

ゴミ

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

1

いでゆ

hot spring

1

曲きょく水すい

meandering stream

1

気き味みの悪わるい

creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring

1

言いいがかり

false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself

1

夕ゆう立だち

(sudden) evening shower (rain)

2

篠すず

(arch.) Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan); shoots of this plant

1

乾けん

qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)

1

舎しゃ

hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)

5

斧おの

axe; ax; hatchet

1

卜うらない

fortune-telling; divination

1

ふぼく

driftwood; floating timber

1

禅ぜん僧そう

Zen priest

1

鋭するどい

sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen

1

鉾ほこ

long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears

1

蔵ぞうする

to store; to contain

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Vocabulary list: 木綿以前の事