Mouryou no Hako – Vocabulary list

項こう目もく別べつ

itemized

1

書かき足たす

to add to; to insert

2

増ぞう減げん

increase and decrease; fluctuation

1

月つき別べつ

by months

1

使つかい勝がっ手て

ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience

1

合ごう計けい

sum total; total amount

2

仮かり

temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical

1

住じゅう所しょ録ろく

address book; list of addresses; mailing list

8

首くびを捻ひねる

to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard

2

空くう欄らん

blank column; blank space

2

綴とじる

to bind; to file; to top with egg (e.g. donburi)

5

穴あなを開あける

to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)

1

ノート

notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)

4

頁ページ

page

5

表ひょう紙し

cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine

2

中なか抜ぬき

outlining (e.g. font); hollowing out; getting rid of the middleman; dealing directly; skinning the cat (gymnastics)

1

一いち名めい

one person; another name; nickname; alias

1

高こう齢れい者しゃ

old person; old people

1

中ちゅう旬じゅん

middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month

1

図ず式しき

diagram; graph; schema

2

個こ人じん名めい

personal name

1

この中なか

among these; between these; of these; in here; in this

5

吹ふっ切きれる

to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)

1

五ご色しき

five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd

2

ご主しゅ人じん

your husband; her husband

1

事じ務む

office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs

2

交こう際さい範はん囲い

circle of acquaintance

1

もっと沢たく山さん

a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that

1

浅あさからぬ

deep (of emotions, connections, etc.)

1

間まを開あける

to leave space (between)

1

出しゅっ世せ作さく

work of art or literature that brings fame

1

伊い勢せ神じん宮ぐう

Ise Grand Shrine

8

生いき甲が斐い

reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être

1

石せき塔とう

stone tower; stone pagoda; tombstone; gravestone

4

夜よな夜よな

every evening; night after night

1

夥おびただしい

large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant

1

慟どう哭こく

wailing; lamentation

1

英えい

United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)

5

彦ひこ

boy

6

修しゅ験げん者じゃ

mountain ascetic; practitioner of Shugendō

7

禍まがま々がしい

ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible

2

為ためになる

to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you

1

問もん答どう

questions and answers; dialogue

6

業ごう

karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper

1

顛てん末まつ

details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars

1

暗あん黒こく

darkness

2

虜とりこ

captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)

1

引ひき継つぐ

to take over; to hand over

2

梗こう概がい

outline; summary; epitome

3

どこをどう

how; in what way; I wonder

2

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Vocabulary list: Mouryou no Hako