Humanity Has Declined – Vocabulary list

記き憶おく障しょう害がい

defect of memory

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発はつ動どう機き

engine

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旨むね

principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders

2

主しゅたる

main; principal; chief; primary; major

1

根ね回まわし

laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

1

ヘルプ

help

1

設せつ営えい

setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)

1

ビラ配くばり

handing out flyers; distributing leaflets

1

人じん生せい相そう談だん

counselling service (counseling); life matters advice service

1

庭にわ掃そう除じ

tidying a garden; sweeping the yard; garden work

1

国こく際さい通つう貨か

international currency

1

各かっ国こく政せい府ふ

governments of various nations of the world

1

公こう認にん

official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation

2

給きゅう与よ

pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply

2

無ない袖そでは振ふれぬ

you can't give (use) what you don't have; nothing comes from nothing; (lit.) you can't shake sleeves you don't have

1

発はっ券けん

issuing (a banknote, ticket, etc.)

1

福ふく利り厚こう生せい

employee welfare; employee benefits; fringe benefits

1

無む給きゅう

unpaid; nonsalaried

1

毀き誉よ褒ほう貶へん

praise and censure; public criticisms

1

相あい半なかばする

to be equal in number, degree, etc. (of two things in opposition); to balance; to cancel out

1

理り想そう型けい

ideal type

1

禁きん欲よく的てき

abstemious; austere

1

性しょう分ぶん

nature; disposition

2

予よ想そうに反はんして

contrary to one's expectations

1

貼はり付つく

to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)

1

平へい

nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)

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夜や陰いん

shades of evening; dead of night

2

氷ひょう山ざんの一いっ角かく

tip of the iceberg

1

はめ込こむ

to inlay; to insert; to plug in (to a formula); to immerse; to trick; to deceive

1

らんだ

lazy; idle; indolence; laziness; sloth

1

蝶ちょう番つがい

hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)

1

何なんという

how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

1

あいたっ

Ouch!

1

スカイハイ

Sky High

1

人ひと里ざと離はなれた

lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere

1

ストック

stock; ski pole

2

耳みみ慣なれる

to be something familiar

1

回かい線せん

circuit; line

4

何なに語ご

what language

2

命めい令れい口く調ちょう

tone of command; authoritative tone; commanding tone

3

劣れつ悪あく

inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated

1

明めい瞭りょう

clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate

1

気きが引ひける

to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)

1

交こう信しん

telecommunications; correspondence

7

侮ぶ辱じょく

insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

2

全ぜん般ぱん的てき

general; overall; across-the-board

1

癪しゃくに障さわる

to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious

1

戦せん闘とう力りょく

fighting strength

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超こす

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

1

税ぜい金きん

tax; duty

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Vocabulary list: Humanity Has Declined