故郷七十年 – Vocabulary list

chief; main; principal; important

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master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

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饅まん頭じゅう

manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling

1

念ねんのため

just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution

1

ということだ

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

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羽は織おり袴はかま

haori and hakama (Japanese male formal attire)

1

うち連つれる

to go along with

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承うけたまわる

to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply

1

墓はか参まいり

visit to a grave

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驚おどろいたことに

surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly

2

憤ふん慨がい

indignation; resentment

2

わし

I; me

1

建たて直なおす

to rebuild; to reconstruct

1

代かわり

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

1

山やま々やま

(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of

3

斑鳩いかる

Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)

1

御お寺てら

temple; monk

1

本ほん祭まつり

main festival; main day of a festival

1

午ご後ご

afternoon; p.m.

1

白粉おしろい

white makeup powder; (face) powder

1

眉まゆ墨ずみ

eyebrow makeup; eyebrow pencil; blackened eyebrows; (metaphorically) distant mountain range

1

折おり々おり

occasionally; now and then; from time to time

3

波なみ頭がしら

wave crest; whitecaps

1

端たん

origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity

3

見み渡わたす

to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of

2

藤ふじ

wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

2

躑躅つつじ

azalea; rhododendron

1

薄うす紫むらさき

light purple

1

ツツジ

azalea; rhododendron

2

女じょ郎ろう

prostitute (esp. Edo period)

1

雑ぞう木き

various kinds of small trees; assorted trees

1

野や州しゅう

Yashuu

3

ヤシオ

Yashio

1

片かた隅すみ

corner; nook

1

浜はま

beach; seashore; captured pieces; captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank

2

備び前ぜん

Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)

1

ゆるり

unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time

1

昼ひる過すぎ

just past noon; afternoon

1

見み晴はらし

(scenic) view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook

1

寝ね転ころぶ

to lie down; to throw oneself down

1

辞じ儀ぎ

bow; bowing (and greeting); declining; refusing

1

お出いで

coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay

2

お客きゃく様さま

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

1

昨さく晩ばん

last night

2

お尋たずね

inquiry; enquiry; question; searching; looking for

1

親おや御ご

(another's) parents

1

身み元もと

(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character

2

評ひょう議ぎ

conference; discussion

1

円まるい

round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm

2

成せい立りつ

formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding

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Vocabulary list: 故郷七十年