みなかみ紀行 – Vocabulary list

十じゅう五ご

15; fifteen

3

若わか々わかしい

youthful; young; young-looking

1

行いけども行いけども

as (one) walks on, and on

3

尽つきる

to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

4

林りん道どう

path through forest; woodland path; logging road

1

曲まがり角かど

street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed

1

折おれ込こむ

to be folded under or inside

1

あい

between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish

2

山葵わさび

wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish

8

ワサビ

wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish

1

久ひさしい

long (time that has passed); old (story)

5

絵え葉は書がき

picture postcard

4

築きずきあげる

to build up; to establish (one's reputation)

1

段だん々だん

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

2

棚たな田だ

terraced rice fields

1

幾いくつも

many; much; plenty; hardly

2

全ぜん体たいに

generally

1

行いきわたる

to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone

2

緑みどり

green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)

3

為ため

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

2

均ひとしい

equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent

1

蕗ふき

giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus); Japanese sweet coltsfoot

1

に似にて

similar to; like

4

瑞みず々みずしい

fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)

2

広ひろげる

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

1

清せい浄じょう

pure; clean; purity

1

茎くき

stalk; stem

1

虎とら

tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

1

疑うたがい

doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion

1

出で逢あう

to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon

2

御ご覧らんなさい

(please) look; see; (please) try to do

1

あんなに

to that extent; to that degree; so much; so

1

網あみの目め

mesh (of a net)

2

長なが々なが

long; drawn-out; very long

2

作つくりあげる

to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

1

然しか

(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh

2

切きれ目め

gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision

1

群ぐん青じょう

ultramarine

1

縞しま

stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)

1

朽くち葉ば色いろ

russet; tawny; yellow-brown

1

歩あゆみ入いる

to walk in (to)

1

植しょく物ぶつ性せい

botanical; vegetable; vegetal; vegetative

2

超ちょう越えつ

transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above

3

通とおり越こす

to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond

1

だかい

break in the deadlock

1

朽くち葉ば

decayed leaves; russet; tawny; yellow-brown

1

目もく的てき

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

4

下くだり坂ざか

downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb

1

可か憐れん

sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable

5

卵たまご

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin

1

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Vocabulary list: みなかみ紀行