Nihonjin no Kurashi no Katachi – Vocabulary list

清せい浄じょう

pure; clean; purity

1

離り

li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)

2

俗ぞく

layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular

1

利り休きゅう

Rikyuu; Sen no Rikyuu (1522-1591)

3

侘わび

taste for the simple and quiet; rustic simplicity; austere refinement; enjoyment of a quiet life

2

木この間ま

in the trees

4

宗そう碩せき

Souseki

1

たらしめる

to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be

1

アルジェ

Algiers (Algeria)

1

地ち中ちゅう海かい

Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean sea (oceanography)

2

洗あらいたて

freshly washed

1

たよう

busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses

2

海うみ辺べ

beach; seashore; seaside; coast

1

巻まき貝がい

snail; spiral shell

1

高たかみ

height; elevated place

1

伸のびる

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

2

渦うず巻まき

whirlpool; maelstrom; vortex; spiral (shape, pattern)

1

どの道みち

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

1

まっすぐ

straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

2

振ふり返かえる

to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)

6

花はな屋や

florist; flower shop

1

紺こん碧ぺき

deep blue; azure

1

散さん歩ぽ

walk; stroll

1

憂うれい

sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety

1

バグダード

Baghdad (Iraq)

3

チグリス川がわ

Tigris (river)

1

西にし側がわ

west side; west bank

1

長なが屋や

tenement house; row house

2

カルフ

Kalf; Kalff

1

殉じゅん教きょう者しゃ

martyr

1

一ひと筋すじ

one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

1

迷めい路ろ

maze; labyrinth; inner ear

1

陽ひ

sun; sunshine; sunlight

1

すき間ま

crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness

2

ときたま

once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals

1

喚かん声せい

shout

1

左さ右ゆう

left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

1

反はん響きょう

echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions

1

物もの憂うげ

languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy

1

筬おさ

reed (in a loom); yarn guide

1

半なかば

middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

2

なりかける

to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close

2

板いた囲がこい

boarding; board fence

1

サラサラ

with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease

1

夕ゆう顔がお

bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida); calabash; moonflower (Ipomoea alba)

4

通とおせんぼ

blocking the way; standing in the way

4

男おとこの子こ

boy; son; baby boy; young man

1

心こころのどこかで

deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind

1

期き待たい

expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

3

お茶ちゃ屋や

(geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha

1

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Vocabulary list: Nihonjin no Kurashi no Katachi