年中行事覚書 – Vocabulary list

横よこぎる

to cross (e.g. road); to traverse

2

そうでなければ

otherwise; or else; if not

1

産うぶ

innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-

4

すな

don't

2

鳥とり居い

torii; Shinto shrine archway

1

見みのがす

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

1

道みちしるべ

guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)

1

繁はん昌じょう

prosperity; flourishing; thriving

1

店みせ屋や

store; shop

1

ありふれる

to be common

1

二に度ど三さん度ど

again and again

1

路ろ傍ぼう

roadside

6

立たち止どまる

to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still

1

知しり得える

to acquire knowledge

1

馬ば頭とう観かん音のん

Hayagriva (manifestation of Avalokitesvara with an ornament in the shape of a horse's head)

4

わた

cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding

1

地じ蔵ぞう尊そん

Jizo (guardian deity of children); (image of) Khitigarbha-bodhisattva

1

浮うき彫ぼり

relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief

1

建けん造ぞう物ぶつ

structure; building

1

並ならぶ

to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

1

曲まがり目め

corner; turn; bend in the road; curve; turning point

1

頂ちょう上じょう

top; summit; peak

1

集しゅう合ごう

meeting up; gathering; assembly; set

1

地ち点てん

site; point on a map; spot

1

交こう通つう路ろ

traffic route

1

年ねん号ごう

name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name

2

月つき日ひ

time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun

2

刻きざむ

to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

1

この頃ごろ

these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately

2

出でて行いく

to go out and away; to leave

1

里り程てい

mileage; distance

1

表ひょう

table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor

1

りていひょう

milepost; milestone

1

親したしみ

intimacy; affection; familiarity

1

何なんと言いっても

after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably

1

地じ蔵ぞう

Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō

12

顔かお形かたち

features; looks

1

目めを伏ふせる

to cast down one's eyes

1

地じ蔵ぞう盆ぼん

Jizo Festival; child-focused religious festival, in which Jizo statues are decorated, esp. in Kyoto; held on August 23-24

1

喜よろこび

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

1

につけ

every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)

2

願ねがいごと

wish; dream; prayer; one's desire

2

保ほ護ご者しゃ

guardian; protector; patron; parent

2

月つき半なかば

middle of the month

1

石せき像ぞう

stone statue

2

さし上あげる

to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

8

連つれて行いく

to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away

1

仮かりの名な

alias; assumed name

1

子こ安やす

safe, easy childbirth; guardian bodhisattva, buddha or deity of children or childbirth (esp. Ksitigarbha or Avalokitesvara)

5

何なん十じゅう

several tens

1

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Vocabulary list: 年中行事覚書