Moribito - Volume 5 – Vocabulary list

冷ひえる

to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down

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これこそ

this (very thing); this precisely

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絶ぜっ対たい必ひつ要よう

absolutely necessary

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心こころ構がまえ

preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind

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勉べん強きょうになる

to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating

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どちらへ

where to?; whither?

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買かいつけ

buying; purchasing

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道みち筋すじ

path; route; itinerary

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商しょう

quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

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帰き路ろ

one's way back; one's way home

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さっきから

since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

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たちのわるい

of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant

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契けい約やく

contract; compact; agreement

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成せい立りつ

formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding

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仲ちゅう介かい

agency; intermediation

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手て数すう料りょう

(handling) fee; charge (e.g. for a cancellation); commission; brokerage

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訪たずねる

to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

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期き日じつ

fixed date; settlement date

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約やく束そくをやぶる

to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege

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なごり

remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end

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ざら紙がみ

pulp paper; rough (printing) paper

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さらさら

(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever

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書かきつける

to write down

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達たっする

to reach; to get to; to arrive at

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首くびをかしげる

to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

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しこむ

to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on

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けっきょく

after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

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筋きん力りょく

physical strength; muscle strength

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引いん退たい

retirement

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打うち合あわせ

advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly

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合ごう流りゅう

confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

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にぎやか

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

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裏うら腹はら

opposite; reverse; contrary

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数すう刻こく

a few hours; several hours; about two to six hours

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のちに

later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while

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何なにか

something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)

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どなた

who

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連れん絡らくがつく

to make contact

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要よう領りょう

point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes

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えっと

let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...

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赤せき面めん

blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment

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困こん惑わく

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

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ひごろ

normally; habitually

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老ろう眼がん

presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; farsightedness

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貝かい

shellfish; seashell; shell

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口くちをつぐむ

to hold one's tongue; to shut up

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それ以い上じょう

further; above; anymore

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目めがくらむ

to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)

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幸しあわせ

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

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絵えをかく

to paint (draw) a picture

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Vocabulary list: Moribito - Volume 5