Nou no Yomikata – Vocabulary list

切せっ迫ぱく

pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness

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巧たくむ

to devise; to plot; to plan

1

音おん律りつ

metre; rhythm; musical temperament

1

洛らく中ちゅう洛らく外がい

in and around the city of Kyoto

1

桜おう花か

cherry blossom

1

いかばかり

how much

1

祇ぎ園おん精しょう舎じゃ

Jetavana Monastery (India); Jetavana-vihara

1

諸しょ行ぎょう無む常じょう

all things must pass; all worldly things are impermanent

1

権ごん現げん

temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami

1

娑さ羅ら双そう樹じゅ

sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)

1

理ことわり

reason; logic; sense; natural way of things

1

抹まっ香こう臭くさい

smelling of incense; overly pious

1

悶もん々もん

anguished; distressed; worried; horny

2

どうしたらよい

what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

1

馴なれ親したしむ

to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love

1

関かん東とう

Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)

1

御ぎょ意い

your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right

1

蒼そう惶こう

hurriedly; in a hurry; in great haste

1

急いそぐ

to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

2

にわか雨あめ

rain shower

1

交こう替たい

alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)

1

墨すみ

sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

2

書かき付つける

to write down

1

高たかめる

to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance

1

養よう老ろう

making provision for the elderly; making provision for one's old age; spending one's old age in comfort; Yōrō era (717.11.17-724.2.4)

5

真しん

truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer

1

楢なら

oak (esp. Quercus serrata)

1

どく

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way

1

巣す

nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

1

湧ゆう出しゅつ

gushing out; welling up; springing up

2

雄ゆう略りゃく天てん皇のう

Emperor Yuuryaku; Yuuryaku Tenno

1

霊れい水すい

miraculous (miracle-working) water

2

視し察さつ

inspection; observation

1

勅ちょく使し

imperial envoy; imperial messenger

1

帝てい徳とく

emperor's virtue

1

賛たたえる

to extol; to give praise

1

酌くみかわす

to pour drinks for each other; to drink together

1

御み代よ

(imperial) reign; period

7

清すが々すがしい

refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed

1

続しょく日に本ほん紀ぎ

Shoku Nihongi (second of the six classical Japanese history texts)

2

効こう験けん

efficacy; effect

1

あらたか

clearly miraculous; remarkably miraculous; striking

1

鉱こう泉せん

mineral spring

1

発はっ見けん

discovery; detection; finding

1

因ちなむ

to be associated (with); to be connected (with)

1

元げん号ごう

name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name

1

改あらためる

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

1

大たい赦しゃ

amnesty; general pardon

1

救きゅう恤じゅつ

relief; aid; assistance; rescue

1

令れい

command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)

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Vocabulary list: Nou no Yomikata