新編忠臣蔵 – Vocabulary list

念ねんを入いれる

to take great care (in doing); to pay attention; to be careful

3

小しょう寒かん

"minor cold" solar term (approx. January 6)

1

こさむい

chilly; a little cold

1

小こ間ま物もの屋や

haberdashery; sundries store

13

びんつけあぶら

pomade; pomatum; hair oil

2

行ぎょう商しょう

monger; peddling

1

気きさく

friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured

1

前まえ触ぶれ

advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner

1

店てん頭とう

shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter

3

四し角かく

quadrilateral; square

1

小こ間ま使づかい

maid; handmaid

9

お澄すまし

primness; prim person; clear soup

1

母かあさん

mother; wife

2

吸すう

to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

3

何なにはともあれ

at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else

1

っけ

particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information

1

なんか

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

4

だけしか

only; nothing but

1

ざんしょう

afterglow

1

ときたら

when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned

1

お鈴りん

Orin

1

小こ枝えだ

twig; spray

1

買かい物もの

shopping; purchased goods

3

憎にくらしい

odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling

2

冗じょう

waste; uselessness; redundance

7

座ざ蒲ぶ団とん

zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)

1

愛あい想そ

amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities

2

でなければいけない

having to be; must be; should be; ought to be

1

お茶ちゃ

tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

1

しあがる

to be finished; to be completed; to be done

1

掛がけ

-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)

2

鼈べっ甲こう

tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)

2

風ふ情ぜい

taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...

2

ねだる

to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

1

小こ遣づかい

pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance

1

こづか

knife attached to the sheath of a sword

1

実じつのところ

as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

1

茜あかね

madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)

2

いっその事こと

rather; sooner; preferably

2

風か邪ぜ気け

slight cold

2

草くさ双ぞう紙し

picture book

2

お暇いとま

leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure

2

美び味み

good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty

4

汁しる粉こ屋や

shiruko shop; sweet red-bean soup shop

2

しるこ

shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi

1

工ぐ合あい

condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner

1

お見み舞まい

calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry

2

雛ひな鳥どり

chick; baby bird

2

へっつい

kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove

1

がらっと

to burst open; to open suddenly (of a door); to change completely; to do a 180

1

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Vocabulary list: 新編忠臣蔵