故郷七十年 – Vocabulary list

明みょう朝ちょう

tomorrow morning

1

古こ渡わたり

old imported article (esp. a precious item imported during or before the Muromachi period)

1

支し那な人じん

Chinese person

1

神しん官かん

Shinto priest

1

社しゃ家け

family of Shinto priests serving a shrine on a hereditary basis

2

さぞかし

certainly; surely

1

皇こう居きょ

Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence

1

近この衛え師し団だん

Imperial Guard Division (pre-1945)

1

不ふ浄じょう

uncleanliness; dirtiness; (arch.) menses; (arch.) feces (faeces); bathroom

2

穢けがれ

uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.

2

刑けい罰ばつ

(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence

1

没ぼっ収しゅう

forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding

2

新しん村むら出いづる

Shinmura Izuru (1876.10.4-1967.8.17)

1

大おお塩しお平へい八はち郎ろう

Ooshio Heihachirou (1793-1837)

1

格かく之の助すけ

Kakunosuke

1

子こ供どもらしい

childish; child-like; innocent; naive

1

混こん

(traffic) congestion

3

公こう用よう

official business; government business; public business; public use; government use

1

文ぶん書しょ

document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone

2

蝙蝠こうもり

bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat

1

隙すき間ま

crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness

2

気き味みが悪わるい

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

1

太だ政じょう官かん

Grand Council of State (1868-1885 CE); Department of State (under the ritsuryo system)

1

金かねに糸いと目めをつけず

(doing something) regardless of expense

1

悠ゆう長ちょう

leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing

1

大おお蔵くら省しょう

Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system)

1

何なに分ぶん

some; any; please; anyway; anyhow

1

兼けん任にん

serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of

1

尨ぼう大だい

huge; vast; enormous; colossal; extensive; large

1

田た制せい

Tasei

1

慣かん例れい

custom; practice; convention; precedent

1

要よう点てん

gist; main point

1

把つかむ

to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

2

実じっ地ち

practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot

1

即そくする

to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on

1

漁あさる

to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge

1

広東カントン

Guangdong (China); Kwangtung; Guangzhou; Kwangchow; Canton (China)

6

佐久間こうたろう

Koutarou

1

総そう督とく

governor-general; governor; viceroy

5

嘉か吉きつ

Kakitsu era (1441.2.17-1444.2.5)

1

民みん政せい長ちょう官かん

civil governor

2

生せい蕃ばん

unconquered savage; uncivilized aboriginal; aboriginal Taiwanese tribes outside Qing China's jurisdiction

2

厳げん翼よく

Gen'yoku

1

宏ひろい

spacious; vast; wide

1

内うち田だ

Uchida

2

噂うわさを聞きく

to hear a rumor; to get wind of

1

歓かん待たい

warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment

3

下した準じゅん備び

preliminary arrangements; spade work

1

議ぎ長ちょう

chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)

1

申もうし出で

proposal; offer; request; application

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Vocabulary list: 故郷七十年