故郷七十年 – Vocabulary list

frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)

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Mali

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elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology

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読とく本ほん

reading-book; reader; guidebook; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)

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アジア人じん種しゅ

Asian race

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章しょう

chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia

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雨う天てん

rainy weather

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しかり

yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so

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少すこしく

a little; somewhat

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曇くもる

to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)

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暖あたたか

warm; mild; genial

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高こう学がく年ねん

upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)

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二に字じ

two characters; name

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欣きん々きん

Kinkin

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生うまれてくる

to be born; to come into the world

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経きょう

sutra; Buddhist scriptures

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功く徳どく

merit; virtuous deed; divine reward (for virtuous deeds); grace (of the buddhas and gods); merit; meritum

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ピンと

tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst

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頭あたまに来くる

to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool

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瑟しつ

se (ancient Chinese plucked zither, usu. with 25 or 23 strings)

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かん

The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully

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拗よう音おん

contracted sound; palatalised sound (e.g. Japanese morae with small kana); palatalized sound

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撥はつ音おん

the sound of the kana "n"

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先せん覚かく

learned man; pioneer

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陳ちん

Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty

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ちんぷんかん

babble; gibberish; gobbledygook; gobbledegook

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陰かげで

behind one's back

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知しったかぶり

pretending to know

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冷ひやかす

to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying

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伊い藤とう仁じん斎さい

Itou Jinsai

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さらう

to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize

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いかめしい

stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm

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ご承しょう知ちの通とおり

as you are aware; as you know

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皆みなさん

all; everyone; everybody

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しかつめらしい

formal; stiff; pompous; stern; solemn; grave

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効こう能のう

effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit

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となれば

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

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首くびくくり

hanging oneself

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縊い死し

suicide by hanging; hanging oneself

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制せい限げん漢かん字じ

restricted Chinese characters

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杉すぎ村むら楚そ人じん冠かん

Sugimura Sojinkan (1872.8.28-1945.10.3)

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新しん聞ぶん記き者しゃ

newspaper reporter; print journalist

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売うれ高だか

sales

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人ひと前まえで

in public; in company

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呼よびかける

to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal

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講こう釈しゃく

explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling

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自じ慢まん話ばなし

boastful speech; bragging

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思おもいやり

consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness

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藩はん主しゅ

feudal lord; daimyo

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交こう流りゅう

exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC

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Vocabulary list: 故郷七十年