Spice and Wolf – Vocabulary list

放ほうり上あげる

to hurl up

2

ぽりぽり

munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)

1

大おおいびき

loud snore

1

置おきっぱなし

leaving something where it is; abandoning something

1

大おお所じょ帯たい

large family

4

刀とう剣けん

sword; dagger; knife; bayonet

1

捕とれる

to be caught; to be captured; to be able to catch; to be able to capture

1

祖そ先せん

ancestor

4

出しゅっ生しょう地ち

birthplace

1

秘ひ話わ

secret story; unknown episode

1

には及およばない

there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of

2

ブルナー

Brunner

1

飛とび

flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)

2

具ぐ体たい性せい

concreteness; feasibility

2

しどろもどろ

confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent

3

揺ゆるぎ

shaking; swaying

2

ちょっと難むずかしい

a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible

1

ぽかぽか

pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over

4

ゆで卵たまご

boiled egg

1

理り路ろ整せい然ぜん

logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent

1

無ぶ用よう心じん

insecurity; carelessness

1

手て狭ぜま

narrow; small; cramped

1

機き能のう的てき

functional; efficient

1

日ひ増ましに

day by day

1

拘こう泥でい

adhering to; being a stickler for; being particular about; worrying too much about

2

ありもしない

nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious

1

文ぶん脈みゃく

context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances

2

意い味み内ない容よう

semantic content (of a term); meaning (of a sentence)

1

斡あっ旋せん

kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation

1

征せい圧あつ

conquest; subjugation; overcoming; controlling

1

山さん野や

hills and fields; countryside

1

利り己こ的てき

selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested

3

被ひ虐ぎゃく

suffering (as a result of maltreatment)

1

暗あん号ごう

code; password; cipher

1

小しょう規き模ぼ

small scale

5

切きれ者もの

sharp and able person

1

還かえる

to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

1

近きん郊こう

outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings

2

対たい置ち

opposing (a thing) to (another); contrast; contraposition; antithesis; counterposing

1

ばんざい

banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up

1

勘かんづく

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

1

方ほう向こう感かん覚かく

sense of orientation; sense of direction

1

勢いきおいよく

vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit

1

束つかの間ま

moment; brief space of time

2

大だい得とく意い

excellent; very good; exultant; elated

1

ぶらつく

to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing

2

取とってくる

to fetch; to go and get

2

馬ば鹿かみたい

foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd

1

一いち撃げきの下もとに

with a single blow; with one stroke

2

轢ひく

to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down

1

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Vocabulary list: Spice and Wolf