新編忠臣蔵 – Vocabulary list

賭かけ

bet; wager; stake; gamble

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端たん的てき

frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise

1

喧けん嘩か沙ざ汰た

beginning (developing into) a quarrel (a fight, an altercation)

1

ややともすると

being apt to; being liable to; being inclined to

1

議ぎ論ろんになる

to get into an argument; to come to discuss; to be controversial (usu. as an adjectival phrase); to be contentious

1

説せつを立たてる

to put forward a theory

1

輿よ論ろん

public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus

4

渦か中ちゅう

vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel

1

刑けい罰ばつ

(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence

2

せんか

sorting fruit

1

なくしては

in the event that it did not (or does not) exist; without

1

君くん父ぷ

one's lord and one's father; one's master and one's father

1

本ほん義ぎ

true meaning; underlying principle

1

尊そん厳げん

dignity; majesty; sanctity

3

大たい儒じゅ

great Confucian (scholar); great scholar; person of great erudition

1

室むろ

greenhouse; icehouse; cellar

1

鳩きゅう巣そう

Kyūsou

1

私し的てき

private; personal

1

孝こう道どう

filial piety

1

からといって

just because; even if; even though

1

公こう法ほう

public law

1

私し論ろん

one's personal opinion or views

2

孝こう子し

filial child

1

吏り務む

the work of officials

1

若もし

if; in case; supposing

1

歪わい曲きょく

distortion; falsification; perversion

2

空くう白はく

blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace

1

保ほ護ご法ほう

protection law; shield law; law for the protection of something

1

虐ぎゃく待たい

abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty

1

処しょ刑けい

execution

1

頭とう目もく

chief; head; leader

1

学がく派は

school (of thought); sect

1

荻お生ぎゅう徂そ徠らい

Ogyū Sorai (1666-1728; Confucian scholar)

2

上しょう下か

top and bottom; up and down; high and low; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled; the government and the people

1

思し潮ちょう

trend of thought

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焦しょう点てん

focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus

1

沸ふっ騰とう

boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; soaring (of prices); shooting up

1

暗あん躍やく

secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes

1

関かん係けい者しゃ

person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff

1

働はたらきかける

to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work

1

議ぎ論ろん百ひゃく出しゅつ

diverse arguments arising in great numbers

1

大おお雑ざっ把ぱ

rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude

1

品ひん行こう

(moral) conduct; behaviour; behavior; deportment

1

流りゅう言げん蜚ひ語ご

false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard

1

重じゅう大だい性せい

importance; seriousness

1

慎しん重ちょう

careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

1

漕こぎつける

to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do

1

年としの市いち

year-end fair; year-end market

1

羽は子ご板いた市いち

battledore fair

1

任にん命めい

appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation

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Vocabulary list: 新編忠臣蔵