故郷七十年 – Vocabulary list

サンタ・マリア

Virgin Mary; Jesus' mother; Santa Maria (Columbus' ship)

1

島とう

Island; insula; island; islet

6

興きょう味みを持もつ

to have an interest (in)

2

関かん係けいがない

unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

2

北きた門もん

north gate

1

博はく物ぶつ館かん

museum

4

館かん長ちょう

superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian

3

陳ちん列れつ

exhibition; display; putting on show

2

広ひろ間ま

hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room

2

キリスト

Christ

3

抱だく

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

4

マリア

Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary; Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene

1

像ぞう

image; figure; figure; form; image

4

年ねん代だい順じゅん

chronological order

1

聖せい母ぼマリア

Virgin Mary; Holy Mother

2

受うけつぐ

to inherit; to succeed; to take over

1

マリア観かん音のん

Maria Kannon; statue of the Virgin Mary disguised as a Buddhist Kannon statue, used by hidden Christians during the Edo period

1

固こ有ゆう

characteristic (of); peculiar (to); inherent (in); eigen-

5

子こ安やす観かん音のん

guardian Avalokitesvara of children and childbirth (bodhisattva)

1

とのこと

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

1

子こ安やす

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

4

テーマ

theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan

1

名めい称しょう

name; title

7

三さん代だい実じつ録ろく

Sandai Jitsuroku (sixth of the six classical Japanese history texts)

1

安あん神しん

peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence

1

外がい

outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...

1

形けい容よう詞し

adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

1

語ご法ほう

diction; grammar; syntax; usage; wording

2

脱ぬける

to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

1

言いい方かた

way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression

1

宝たから貝がい

cowrie; cowry

9

ドレスデン

Dresden

2

アフリカ

Africa

4

木もく像ぞう

wooden statue; wooden image; wooden idol

1

貝かい

shellfish; seashell; shell

6

地ち中ちゅう海かい

Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean sea (oceanography)

1

経けい路ろ

course; route; path; process; stages

1

貨か幣へい

money; currency; coin

2

装そう飾しょく

ornament; decoration

2

産さん地ち

producing area; place of origin; home (of a plant or animal); habitat; birthplace (of a person)

2

限げん定てい

limit; restriction

2

手て近ぢか

near; close by; within reach; familiar

2

鎮ちん子し

ornamental weights used to keep curtains and the like from blowing around in the wind

1

珊さん瑚ご礁しょう

coral reef

3

灯あかり

(a) light; lights; lamp

1

ともす

to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

1

すくい取とる

to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out

1

美お味いしい

good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient

2

貢みつぐ

to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)

1

明みん代だい

Ming period (China; 1368-1644); Ming era

1

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Vocabulary list: 故郷七十年