Shinsekai Yori - Volume 3 – Vocabulary list

心こころここにあらず

there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other

2

云うん々ぬん

and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

2

自じ嘲ちょう

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

1

繰くり言ごと

tedious talk; repetition; complaint; tongue-twister

1

墓ぼ穴けつ

grave (pit)

1

諺ことわざ

proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim

1

諦あきらめ

resignation; acceptance; consolation

1

早はやすぎる

premature; untimely (e.g. death); early

1

方ほう策さく

plan; policy

1

本ほん分ぶん

one's duty; one's part

2

闘とう志し

fighting spirit; (will to) fight

1

敬けい服ふく

great admiration; deep respect

1

空から元げん気き

putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage

1

現げん実じつ逃とう避ひ

escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism

1

万ばん策さく

all means

1

尽つき果はてる

to be exhausted

1

どん詰づまり

(dead) end; end of the line

1

正しょう直じき言いって

to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth

1

裏うらをかく

to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through

2

動どうじる

to be perturbed; to be agitated

1

暁あかつき

dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence

1

豚ぶた

pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty

1

とうの昔むかし

a long time ago

1

鬼き籍せきに入いる

to pass away; to join the majority; (lit.) to enter the death register

1

赤あか子ごの手てを捻ひねる

to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; (lit.) to twist a baby's arm

1

否いなむ

to refuse; to decline; to deny

1

危き険けんを顧かえりみず

heedless of danger; braving dangers

1

どうかしてる

something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts

1

何なんなりと

anything; whatever; whatever one likes

2

精せい通つう

being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche

1

そばだてる

to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)

1

変へん化か

change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

1

遺い物ぶつ

relic; remains; memento

1

コレクション

collection; correction

1

力ちから不ぶ足そく

lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth

2

放ほう射しゃ性せい物ぶっ質しつ

radioactive material

1

に取とって

to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

1

覇は権けん

hegemony

2

打うち立たてる

to establish; to formulate

2

良りょう好こう

good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory

2

野や望ぼう

ambition; aspiration

4

次じ元げん

dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)

1

繁はん栄えい

prosperity; thriving; flourishing

2

唯ゆい一いつ無む二に

one and only; unique

1

想そう定てい

hypothesis; supposition; assumption

1

のみならず

not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

1

友ゆう好こう

friendship

1

実じっ行こう可か能のう

executable (e.g. executable file); capable of putting into practice

1

不ふ確かく定てい

uncertain; indefinite

1

忠ちゅう誠せいを誓ちかう

to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance

1

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Vocabulary list: Shinsekai Yori - Volume 3