江戸三国志 – Vocabulary list

さておく

to set aside

1

ともあろうものが

of all people; a person of ...'s standing

3

あきらめの悪わるい

not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable

1

くされ縁えん

(undesirable but) inseparable relationship

1

果はたし合あい

duel

3

言いい分ぶん

one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection

2

悲ひ恋れん

blighted love; disappointed love

2

ちする

to be cured; to be healed; to cure; to heal; to rule

1

本ほん望もう

long-cherished ambition; satisfaction

1

おこし

millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)

1

硬かたい

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

1

壜びん

bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial

1

なんともいえない

indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell

3

鼻はなをつく

to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)

1

薬やく液えき

liquid medicine

1

仮か死し

(state of) apparent death; suspended animation

2

目めを落おとす

to look downwards; to lower one's eyes

2

まにあわせ

makeshift

1

歎たん声せい

sigh (of admiration or lamentation)

1

呪のろい

curse; spell; malediction

3

根ねを張はる

to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)

1

潜せん在ざい

potentiality; dormancy; latency

1

翻ほん然ぜん

suddenly; all of a sudden; flying (of a flag, etc.); waving; fluttering

1

ほんぜん

main course (of a formal meal); extremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs)

1

寺じ内ない

inside a temple

1

前ぜん駆く

outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); outriding; harbinger; herald; anticipation

1

小こ刀がたな

(small) knife; short sword; small sword

1

雌し雄ゆう

male and female (animals); the two sexes; victory and defeat; strengths and weaknesses

1

非ひを悟さとる

to realize one's error; to realize one's errors

2

薬くすりの力ちから

effectiveness of a drug; efficacy of a drug

1

凡ぼん眼がん

(through) a layman's eyes

1

雑ぞう木き林ばやし

grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket

1

はずむ

to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge

1

流ながれ出でる

to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

1

藍あい屋や

indigo dyer

3

褪たい紅こう色しょく

(light) pink

3

考こう

thought; report on one's investigation into ...; deceased father

3

正しょう保ほう

Shōhō era (1644.12.16-1648.2.15); Shōho era

1

三さん都と

three large cities (esp. Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka during the Edo period)

1

良りょう家け

good family; respectable family; decent family

1

子し女じょ

sons and daughters; children; girl

1

滓かす

dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk

1

深しん淵えん

abyss; ravine

1

川かわ面づら

river surface; surface of a river

1

小こ鼻ばな

nostrils; wings of the nose

1

陰いん影えい

shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties

1

瞋しん恚い

dosa (ill will, antipathy); irateness; anger

1

炎えん

-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)

1

人ひとさし指ゆび

index finger; forefinger; second toe

2

お寺てら

temple; monk

4

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Vocabulary list: 江戸三国志