新編忠臣蔵 – Vocabulary list

敵娼あいかた

partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)

1

あいかた

partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)

1

幇ほう間かん

professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; buffoon

1

末まっ社しゃ

subordinate shrine; professional entertainer

2

賑にぎわす

to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous

3

眼めが覚さめる

to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses

1

ごろ

racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer

3

躑躅つつじ

azalea (Rhododendron spp.)

2

さんざめく

to be boisterously noisy

1

三さん都と

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

1

金かね持もち

rich person

1

ひがみ

prejudice; bias; warped view; jealousy; inferiority complex

1

ずり出でる

to slide out; to glide out; to slip out

1

白はく銀ぎん

silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow

1

パラパラ

sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

3

女おんなの手て

feminine handwriting; woman's hand

2

笑わらい出だす

to burst into laughter

2

やたら

indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive

2

渋しぶる

to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus

1

ひょろひょろ

totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily; lanky; spindly; slender

2

老ろう妓ぎ

aged geisha

1

感かん心しん

admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled

1

見みよう見み真ま似ね

learning by watching others; learning by imitation

1

十お八は番こ

one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays

1

目め隠かくし

something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside

1

すばやい

quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt

2

拍かしわ手でを打うつ

to clap one's hands in prayer

1

白はく痴ち

idiot; retard; idiocy; profound mental retardation

1

暗あん

darkness

5

お手て々て

hand; hands

1

しのぶ

to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer

3

突つき飛とばす

to thrust away; to send flying

1

叛はん骨こつ

rebellious spirit

4

梅つ雨ゆ

rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season

1

つゆ

juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce

1

深ふか酒ざけ

heavy drinking

1

髄ずい

medulla; marrow; pith

1

内ない証しょ

secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); inner realization; personal enlightenment

2

ないしょ

secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen

2

虫むし気け

nervous weakness

1

母ぼ乳にゅう

mother's milk

4

色いろ街まち

red-light district

2

歓かん楽らく

pleasure; merriment

1

何なんともいえない

indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell

1

墓はか場ば

graveyard; cemetery

1

しゅうしゅう

collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection

1

衣きぬずれ

rustling of clothes

2

お部へ屋や

room; apartment; flat

2

寝ね返がえり

turning over while sleeping in bed; betrayal; double-crossing

1

さやさや

soft, light rustling (e.g. leaves in the wind)

1

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Vocabulary list: 新編忠臣蔵