Ichi Nichi Ichi Page, Yomu Dake de Mi ni Tsuku Nihon no Kyouyou 365 – Vocabulary list

東とう海かい道どう

Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

13

膝ひざ栗くり毛げ

travelling on foot; journeying on foot; hiking; riding on shank's pony

10

十じっ返ぺん舎しゃ一いっ九く

Jippensha Ikku (1765-1831)

4

滑こっ稽けい本ぼん

comic novel (Edo period)

5

初しょ版はん

first edition

3

喜き多た八はち

Kitahachi

3

弥や次じ喜き多た

comical pair; pair of buffoons

2

騒そう動どう

strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

4

失しっ敗ぱい談だん

failure story; horror story

1

夢む中ちゅう

absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

3

初しょ刊かん

first publication

1

続ぞく編へん

continuation; sequel

5

同どう心しん

concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period

2

武ぶ家け奉ぼう公こう

service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet, chambermaid, etc.)

1

浄じょう瑠る璃り

jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)

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版はん元もと

publisher

7

蔦つた屋や重じゅう三ざぶ郎ろう

Tsutaya Juuzaburou (1750.2.13-1797.5.31)

5

洒しゃ落れ本ぼん

late Edo-period novelette about life in the red-light districts

5

人にん情じょう本ぼん

novel from the late Edo period focused on the love stories of ordinary townsfolk

4

精せい力りょく的てき

energetic; vigorous

4

大だいヒット

big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)

2

文ぶん才さい

literary talent

1

絵え心ごころ

artistic taste; aptitude for painting; ability to appreciate art; desire to paint

1

挿さし絵え

illustration (e.g. book); picture

7

八はっ丁ちょう

skillfulness

2

居い候そうろう

lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger

2

江え戸どっ子こ

true Tokyoite; Edoite; person born and raised in Edo

3

自じ任にん

regarding oneself (as); fancying oneself (as); seeing oneself (as); considering oneself (to be); pretension

1

書かき分わける

to distinguish in writing; to use different writing styles; to draw (identifiably)

1

女おんな好ずき

fondness for women; woman admirer; lustful man; being attractive to women; being a lady-killer

1

喧けん嘩か

quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument

2

下げ品ひん

vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude

1

しゃべる

to talk; to chat; to chatter

1

粗そ野や

rustic; rude; vulgar; rough

1

憎にくむ

to hate; to detest

1

伊い勢せ参まいり

Ise pilgrimage; pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine; Ise pilgrim

3

旅たび立だち

setting off (on a trip); departure

1

風ふ呂ろ敷しき包づつみ

something wrapped in a furoshiki

2

身みになる

to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone

1

羨せん望ぼうの的まと

object of envy

1

移い動どう手しゅ段だん

means of transportation; transport service

1

栗くり毛げ

chestnut (horse coat color)

1

宿しゅく場ば

relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage

3

完かん結けつ

conclusion; completion

2

金こん比ぴ羅ら

guardian deity of seafaring; Kumbhira

2

寺てら参まいり

ritual visits to a temple

1

中なか山せん道どう

Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

1

呪じゅ縛ばく

spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell

1

機き会かいを逃のがす

to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity

1

旅たび先さき

destination; place one stays during a trip

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Vocabulary list: Ichi Nichi Ichi Page, Yomu Dake de Mi ni Tsuku Nihon no Kyouyou 365