Kodai Kenkyuu Series – Vocabulary list

鈍どん重じゅう

thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish

1

折せっ衷ちゅう

compromise; cross; blending; eclecticism

3

貴き族ぞく階かい級きゅう

noble class; nobility

2

階かい級きゅう意い識しき

class consciousness

1

虚きょ飾しょく

ostentation; show; affectation

2

老ろう酒しゅ

fermented Chinese alcoholic beverage (esp. Shaoxing wine); old alcohol

1

目めに付つく

to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

1

醍だい醐ご

ghee (held to be the greatest of all flavours); (fig.) the ultimate truth of Buddhism; (fig.) nirvana

4

鋭えい気き

courage; ardour; high spirits

1

すりへらす

to wear away; to rub down; to abrade

1

空そら似に

accidental resemblance

1

聖せい帝てい

virtuous emperor

1

垂すい示し

instruction; teaching; explanation; Zen priest's sermon

1

小しょう変へん

slight change

1

勅ちょく撰せん

compilation for the emperor; emperor's literary production

8

国こく民みん的てき

national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level

1

反はん動どう

reaction; recoil; kick; backlash

2

文ぶん集しゅう

anthology

2

村むら上かみ天てん皇のう

Emperor Murakami; Murakami Tenno (926-967 CE, reigning: 946-967 CE)

2

復ふっ興こう

revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

1

聖せい経きょう

sutra; holy writings; writings of a sage; Bible

1

便びん覧らん

handbook; manual; compendium

1

台だい帳ちょう

account book; ledger; register

3

交こう際さい

company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance

1

符ふ牒ちょう

symbol; sign; (secret) price mark; secret language; code

1

同どう僚りょう

coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate

2

考かんがえつく

to think of; to come up with

1

和わする

to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)

2

場ば当あたり

playing to the gallery; grandstanding; ad hoc; haphazard; dress rehearsal

1

巧こう拙せつ

skill; workmanship; dexterity; quality

1

常じょう套とう手しゅ段だん

one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick

1

隆りゅう盛せい

prosperity; flourishing; thriving

1

無む技ぎ巧こう

artless; simple

2

読よみ人びと知しらず

author unknown; anonymous

2

ばむ

to show signs of; to appear

3

融とける

to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve

2

急きゅう転てん

sudden change; sudden turn

1

渋じゅう滞たい

congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation

2

つきはなす

to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion

1

山やまなり

curved; forming the shape of an arch

1

なます

to anneal

1

激げき増ぞう

sharp increase; sudden rise

1

副ふく因いん

secondary cause

1

意い味み不ふ

of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing

1

さしも

to that extent; so (much)

1

清きよ水みず観かん音のん

Kiyomizukannon

1

沈ちん黙もく

silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

2

巫み子こ

miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness

1

放ほう心しん

absentmindedness; peace of mind

1

寂せき寥りょう感かん

feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation

1

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Vocabulary list: Kodai Kenkyuu Series