母の手毬歌 – Vocabulary list

持もち馬うま

horses owned; horse owned

1

囲い炉ろ裏り

sunken hearth; sunken fireplace

2

昨さく晩ばん

last night

1

掘ほり出だす

to dig out; to pick up

1

ふうふう

blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty

1

はたく

to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money

1

かじる

to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of

2

一ひと仕し事ごと

task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work

3

ものの

although; though; despite the fact that ...

1

メロン

melon (esp. a muskmelon, Cucumis melo)

1

蕎そ麦ば

buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles

1

稗ひえ

barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta); Japanese millet; sanwa millet

1

たまに

occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

1

調ちょう整せい

adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing

1

屑くず

waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

1

みたす

to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply

1

朝あさ飯めし前まえ

very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast

2

名な残ごり

remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end

2

宝ほう暦れき

Hōreki era (1751.10.27-1764.6.2)

1

現げん

present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

1

来らい集しゅう

coming together; gathering and coming

1

ほうる

to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone

1

きげん

humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

1

らいしゅう

next week

1

安あん永えい

An'ei era (1772.11.16-1781.4.2)

1

あんえい

shadow; gloom

1

鶯うぐいす餅もち

mochi filled with red bean paste and topped with green soy flour

2

まぶす

to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)

1

買かい取とる

to buy; to purchase

1

くら

warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

1

茶ちゃの子こ

cake served with tea; snack; offering or gift given at Buddhist services; light meal taken before breakfast by farmers

3

フランス人じん

Frenchman; Frenchwoman

1

起おきぬけ

first thing after rising; as soon as getting up

1

コーヒー

coffee

1

パン

bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

1

訳やくす

to translate; to interpret

1

十じゅう一いち時じ

eleven o'clock

1

昨日きのう

yesterday

2

十じゅう時じ

ten o'clock

1

やら

denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

2

ものとする

shall ...; to assume; to suppose

2

何なにも

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

1

毎まい回かい

every time; each round

1

からって

just because; even if; even though

1

気きづかい

consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude

1

もどす

to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

1

ことによって

via; through; by doing; by means of; using

1

はぶく

to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down

3

剛ごう健けん

vigour; vigor; virility; health; sturdiness

1

気きのどく

pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable

2

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Vocabulary list: 母の手毬歌