故郷七十年 – Vocabulary list

large amount of money; great cost

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to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)

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金きん田だ一いち京きょう助すけ

Kindaichi Kyōsuke (1882.5.5-1971.11.14)

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蝦えみ夷し

Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo; Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands

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古こ謡よう

traditional (folk) song

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遺い篇へん

posthumous writings

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後こう篇へん

latter part (of a book, film, etc.); second part (of two); second half; sequel

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一いっ巻かん

one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around

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含ふくめる

to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth

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損そん

loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

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資し金きん

funds; capital

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全ぜん力りょく

all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

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光こう太た郎ろう

Kōtarō

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妖よう異い

mysterious occurrence

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上じょう巻かん

first volume (in a two or three-volume set); first book; volume one; book one

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河かっ童ぱ

kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori

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譚たん

story; tale

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再さい刊かん

reissue (of a discontinued magazine, etc.); republication; reprint; resumption of publication

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第だい四よん

fourth

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香か取とり秀ほ真つま

Hotsuma Katori (1874-1954)

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鋳ちゅう工こう

metal caster

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稿こう

manuscript; version; draft

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分ぶんだけ

in proportion to; just as much as

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基もとづく

to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)

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可かなり

considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty

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それはそれとして

putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may

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有ゆう益えき

beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive

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第だい五ご

fifth

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金きん田だ一いち

Kindaichi

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文ぶん学がく士し

Bachelor of Arts; BA; B.A.

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斎さい藤とう

Saitō

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陰陽おんみょう道どう

Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements

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英えい語ご学がく

English studies; English philology; English linguistics

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駐ちゅう米べい

stationed in the United States; resident in the United States

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大たい使し

ambassador

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客かく死し

dying while traveling; dying while abroad

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類るいのない

unprecedented; unparalleled; unparallelled

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篤とく学がく

love of learning

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下げ巻かん

second volume (in a two-volume set); third volume (in a three-volume set); last volume

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巻かん末まつ

end of a book

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予よ告こく

(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)

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名なを連つらねる

to have one's name entered (in a list)

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定さだめ

law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma

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購こう読どく者しゃ

subscriber; reader; buyer

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年とし月つき

months and years

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書しょ庫こ

library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)

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ひょろひょろ

totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily; lanky; spindly; slender

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囁ささやく

to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour

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初しょ対たい面めん

first meeting; first interview with

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連つれ

companion; company; tritagonist; second supporting character

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Vocabulary list: 故郷七十年