故郷七十年 – Vocabulary list

役やく場ば

town hall

2

にわかに

suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

1

何なにもの

something; nothing (with neg. verb)

2

府ふ県けん

prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)

1

地ち誌し

topography

1

労ろう力りょく

labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble

2

実じっ測そく図ず

measured map; surveyed map

1

不ふ十じゅう分ぶん

insufficient; inadequate; imperfect

1

アイヌ語ご

Ainu (language)

1

万まん分ぶんの一いち

one ten-thousandth

1

川かわっぷち

riverside; riverbank

3

係かかりの人ひと

official in charge; person in charge

1

此こ処こ

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

1

新しん田でん

new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)

1

気きがきく

to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive

1

縮ちぢめる

to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

1

この類るい

this kind

1

変へん更こう

change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment

1

公こう共きょう団だん体たい

public organization; public organisation

1

暗あん夜や

dark night

1

足あしが出でる

to exceed the budget; to overrun the budget; to have a deficit; to have a secret revealed

1

頭あたま越ごし

ignoring; bypassing; doing something without consultation; going over someone's head

1

足あしを洗あらう

to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet

2

土と地ちの人ひと

locals; natives

3

荒こう唐とう無む稽けい

absurd; nonsensical; preposterous

1

巨きょ人じん

giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)

3

奈な良ら朝ちょう

Nara period (710-794); imperial court during Nara period

1

常ひ陸たち風ふ土ど記き

Hitachi Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Hitachi province; approx. 720 CE)

1

魚さかなを捕とる

to catch fish

1

つき物もの

essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)

1

何ど処こでも

anywhere

1

旅たび人びと

traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist

1

脅おびやかす

to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger

2

両りょう岸がん

both banks (of a river)

1

川かわ幅はば

width of a river

2

水すい流りゅう

water current

1

所どころではない

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

2

菖しょう蒲ぶ

sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus; Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)

3

だに

even

1

埋まい葬そう

burial

2

隅すみ々ずみ

every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs

1

類るいする

to be similar to

1

屍し体たい

dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

2

に亘わたって

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

大だい事じにする

to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish

7

その場ば限かぎり

temporary; ad hoc; makeshift; stopgap

1

木き地じ

wood grain; unpainted wood

40

死し骸がい

(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains

2

失しつ

loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect

1

期きする

to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon

1

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Vocabulary list: 故郷七十年