新編忠臣蔵 – Vocabulary list

両りょう腕うで

both arms

2

蒲ほ柳りゅう

purple willow; infirmity; delicate constitution

1

保ほ留りゅう

reservation; putting on hold; deferment

1

恰かっ幅ぷく

physique; bodily build

1

角かくばる

to be square; to be angular; to be jagged; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious

1

素す浪ろう人にん

poor or lowly masterless samurai

1

紛ふん々ぷん

confused; scattered; differing; diverse

3

ふんぷん

(of a smell, esp. a good smell) strong

3

南な無む

amen; hail

1

肩かた越ごし

over one's shoulder

1

投なげ捨すてる

to throw away

1

喉のど輪わ

thrust at the opponent's throat

1

抱だき込こむ

to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve

1

弓ゆみ形なり

bow shape; arc; arch; segment (of a circle)

4

飛ひ鳥ちょう

flying bird

1

平ひら手て

palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap

1

鼓こ膜まく

eardrum; tympanic membrane

1

こまい

small; fine; minute; stingy; cheap

1

もとまる

to be found (e.g. unknown quantity in an equation); to be calculated

1

泥どろ水みず

muddy water; red-light district

2

溝どぶ鼠ねずみ

brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; dark grey (colour, color); dark gray; secret evil-doer

1

ドブネズミ

brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; dark grey (colour, color); dark gray; secret evil-doer

1

這はい上のぼる

to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up

2

回え向こう

memorial service; prayers for the repose of the soul; transfer of merit

7

薪まき

piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood

4

ゆがめる

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

3

まぶか

(wearing) low over one's eyes

3

住すみ込こむ

to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with

1

弥や七しち郎ろう

Yashichirō

10

選せん抜ばつ

selection; choice; picking out

1

臭くさい

stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled

2

溝どぶ泥どろ

ditch mud

2

しかめる

to pull a wry face; to screw one's face up; to pucker one's face; to scowl; to grimace; to frown

1

ちょっと一いっ杯ぱい

let's have a quick drink

1

椎しいの木き

any beech tree of genus Castanopsis

1

仕し業わざ

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

2

糧りょう道どう

supply line; supply of provisions

1

自じ暴ぼう

despair; desperation; abandonment

1

やけ

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

1

火ひの用よう心じん

be careful about fire; watch out for fire

1

話はなし相あい手て

person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser

1

揺ゆらめく

to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway

1

見み張はり

watch-keeping; guard; lookout

1

神しん経けい過か敏びん

oversensitive

1

実じっ体たい

substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality

3

何なんだと

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

1

丑うし

the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am); north-northeast; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

4

つぼ

pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants

2

イカサマ

fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake

1

洒しゃ落らく

free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank

1

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Vocabulary list: 新編忠臣蔵