Moribito - Volume 6 – Vocabulary list

独どく特とく

peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic

1

あらう

to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

3

皿さら

plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

1

塩しお

salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

2

ねりこむ

to knead into

2

自じ慢まん

pride; boast

1

香こう料りょう

flavoring; flavouring; fragrance; perfume; condolence gift

1

ちかごろ

lately; recently; nowadays

1

年としをとる

to grow old; to age

1

きい

displeasure; offense; offence; disliking

1

まだまだ

still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

2

ひよっこ

young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice

1

なんだと

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

1

にらみつける

to glare at; to scowl at

3

すずしい

cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct

1

ごぞんじ

knowing; (an) acquaintance

1

どく

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

1

どっかり

plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)

1

自じ慢まんげ

proud; boastful; bragging; conceited

1

若わかいころ

one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years

2

料りょう理り番ばん

a cook

1

料りょう理り長ちょう

head chef; master chef

1

出しゅっ世せ

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

1

気きをつける

to be careful; to pay attention; to take care

1

昼ひる間ま

daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

3

ジジイ

old man; old geezer

1

要よう点てん

gist; main point

1

ズバズバ

straightforwardly; being outspoken

1

知しってのとおり

as we know

1

代だい々だい

for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

1

王おう弟てい

royal prince; crown prince's younger brother

29

都と市し

town; city; municipal; urban

1

格かく式しき

formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)

1

六むっつ

six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)

1

五ご十じゅう

fifty; 50

1

厨ちゅう房ぼう

kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll

1

噂うわさ話ばなし

gossip

1

どっさり

heaps; a lot; plenty; with a thud

1

なんぞ

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth

3

人じん脈みゃく

personal connections

1

ぶすっと

with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly

1

茶ちゃ々ちゃをいれる

to interrupt (with frivolous remarks, silly jokes, etc.); to butt in; to make teasing remarks

1

昔むかし

olden days; former

14

なつかしい

dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

4

亭てい主しゅ

household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband

1

女おんな手で

female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana

1

育そだてる

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

2

あのころ

in those days

3

酒さか場ば

bar; pub; tavern

1

対たい等とう

equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms

1

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Vocabulary list: Moribito - Volume 6