江戸三国志 – Vocabulary list

重じゅう囲い

close siege

1

惨さん憺たん

miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking

2

叟そう

old man; venerable gentleman

1

ほくそ

tinder; melted candle wax

1

股もも立だち

vents at the hips of a pair of hakama

3

河か口こう

mouth of river; estuary

8

追おい詰つめる

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

1

運はこび去さる

to carry away

1

武む者しゃ

warrior

2

注ちゅう進しん

information; making a report (to a superior)

2

言いわず語かたらず

saying nothing; understanding tacitly; without putting into words

1

手て厳きびしい

harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict

1

峻しゅん厳げん

strict; stern; rigorous; severe

2

楼ろう上じょう

on top of a tall building; balcony; upper floor

1

何なにか知しら

somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

1

天てん運うん

destiny; will of Heaven; luck

2

重じゅう層そう

multistoried; multilayered

2

割わり

rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match

1

腕うで木ぎ

crossarm; bracket; blade; semaphore

1

天てん守しゅ

castle tower

2

番ばん長ちょう

leader of a group of juvenile delinquents

1

大おお屋や根ね

main roof; housetop

4

暁ぎょう闇あん

dark before dawn

4

呼よび返かえす

to call back; to recall

1

盛もり返かえす

to rally; to make a comeback

1

溜りゅう飲いん

acid reflux; bile reflux; pyrosis; gloating; gratification; satisfaction

1

語かたり草ぐさ

story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend

1

軽けい重じゅう

relative weight; lightness and heaviness; relative importance; gravity

1

臣おみ

(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me

1

授さずける

to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)

1

翻ほん弄ろう

trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)

2

力ちからこぶを入いれる

to put a lot of effort (into); to take a strong interest (in); to put great emphasis (on); to show zeal (for)

1

車くるま寄よせ

carriage porch; entranceway; porte cochere

1

回まわす

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

1

当とう番ばん

being on duty; person on duty

1

御み台だい所どころ

wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman

2

賄まいない

bribe

1

ふみこえる

to step over or across; to overcome

1

寅とら

the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar

2

進しん物もつ

gift; present

1

十と重え二は十た重え

multitude

1

一ひと重えに

wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely

1

疾しっ呼こ

shout

1

二ふたつとも

both

1

沫あわ

bubble; foam; froth; head on beer

1

河かわ内ち

Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)

4

刺さす又また

sasumata; man catcher; two-pronged weapon for catching criminals

2

水すい中ちゅう

underwater

1

格かく闘とう

hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling

1

前ぜん日じつ

previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day

2

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Vocabulary list: 江戸三国志