年中行事覚書 – Vocabulary list

工く夫ふう

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

2

日ひ間あい

number of days; period of days; daily interest rate

2

奈な良ら

Nara (city, prefecture)

2

末すえ頃ごろ

around the end of (a period of time)

1

貴き人じん

aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank

1

賞しょう翫がん

appreciation; admiration; enjoyment

2

大おお分いた

Ōita (city, prefecture)

2

年ねん代だい記き

annals; chronicle; chronology

1

元げん亀き

Genki era (1570.4.23-1573.7.28)

1

元がん年ねん

first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began

2

火ひ焼たき

building a fire

1

諸もろ人びと

many people; everyone; all sorts of people

2

見けん物ぶつ

sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator

2

ひたき

Old World flycatcher (any bird of family Muscicapinae, esp. the typical flycatchers of subfamily Muscicapinae)

1

あの頃ころ

in those days

1

証あかし

proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment

1

なるだけ

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

2

炬きょ火か

pine torch; torchlight; firebrand; bonfire

3

暫しばらくの間あいだ

for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being

1

四し角かく

quadrilateral; square

4

寛かん政せい

Kansei era (1789.1.25-1801.2.5)

3

畑はたけ

field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth

7

牧ぼく

regional governor in ancient China

2

朝あさ露つゆ

morning dew

2

紀き行こう

traveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue

1

彩さい画が

colored picture; coloured picture; painting

1

火ひともし

lighting a torch; lighting up a lamp; person who leads a funeral procession with a torch

1

芒のぎ

arista; awn; (grain) beard

2

すすき

Japanese pampas grass (Miscanthus sinensis); maiden silvergrass; zebra grass

1

僻へき地ち

remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland

1

民みん

citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)

4

録ろく

record; transcript

2

弘ひろ前さき

Hirosaki (city in Aomori)

2

燈とう

light; lamp; counter for electric lights

8

風ふう流りゅう

elegance; taste; refinement

2

青あお森もり

Aomori (city, prefecture)

3

かる

to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

2

扇おうぎ

folding fan

1

金きん魚ぎょ

goldfish (Carassius auratus)

1

平へい凡ぼん

ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

1

様よう子す

state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication

1

大だい々だい的てき

great; grand; extensive; large-scale

1

新しん奇き

novel; original; new

1

考こう案あん

plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception

2

技ぎ巧こう

technique; finesse

1

動どう機き

motive; incentive; motif

5

初はじめから

from the beginning

2

発はっ展てん

development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life

1

特とく異い

unique; peculiar; singular

2

ただに

merely; only; simply

1

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Vocabulary list: 年中行事覚書