The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – Vocabulary list

right or wrong

1

to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with

2

ねぎらい

appreciation; thanks; gratitude

1

面おもはゆい

embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed

1

万ばん乗じょう

sovereignty

1

日にっ進しん月げっ歩ぽ

steady progress; rapid advance

2

団だん茶ちゃ

cake tea (e.g. Pu-erh tea)

1

野や心しん

ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

1

なんというか

how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like

6

補ほ正せい

correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)

1

一いっ品ぴん

item; article; dish; course; finest item

1

ウキウキ

cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits

2

はめになる

to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)

2

性しょう根こん

perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy

1

そんじょそこら

anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary

1

画かくする

to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan

1

畳たたみかける

to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone

1

クレーン

crane

1

華け厳ごんの滝たき

Kegon Falls (near Nikko)

1

上のぼり

ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream

1

許ゆるすまじ

unforgivable; inexcusable; unpardonable

1

腐ふ敗はい

decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay

1

運うんの悪わるい

unlucky

1

坊ぼうや

boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn

1

放ほう逐ちく

expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment

1

シモネタ

dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk

1

笑わらいを取とる

to get a laugh

1

フリートーク

free conversation

2

脱だつ落らく

dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off

8

姉ねえさん

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am

6

真しん

truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer

2

田た

rice field

1

勇ゆう士し

brave warrior; hero; brave man

1

講こう談だん師し

professional storyteller

1

話はなし半はん分ぶん

taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story

1

欠けつ員いん

vacancy; vacant position

1

必ひつ要ようなし

not required

1

独どく演えん

solo; solo performance

1

自じ分ぶんのことのように

as if it were about oneself

1

ベタ褒ぼめ

high praise; rave review

1

髪かみ質しつ

hair type; hair quality

1

パーマ

perm (hairstyle); permanent wave

3

ブロー

blow-drying; blow; punch; brow; blow; playing an instrument (esp. in jazz)

1

癖くせ毛げ

kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair

2

着きこなし

way one dresses; way one looks like in certain clothes

1

不ぶ躾しつけ

ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt

1

独どく演えん会かい

(holding of) a solo recital or performance

1

聴ちょう取しゅ

hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)

1

悪あく辣らつ

crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp

2

打うち破やぶる

to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

1

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Vocabulary list: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya