Mokushiroku - Volume 1 – Vocabulary list

初しょ期き

early (days); initial stage; initial

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格かく段だん

dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

1

多た様よう

diverse; varied

2

鬩せめぎ合あう

to fight each other

1

田舎いなか

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

1

凌りょう駕が

excelling; surpassing; outdoing

1

地じ力りき

one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength

1

岩いわ間ま

among rocks

1

滝たき

waterfall; (arch.) rapids

1

つ

indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

1

立たち寄よる

to stop by; to drop in for a short visit

1

とほほ

boo-hoo; boo-hoo-hoo

1

何なんと言いうか

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

1

切きれ目め

gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision

1

対たい極きょく

antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis

1

遊ゆう戯ぎ

game; play; sports

1

曲きょく想そう

musical theme; motif

2

空くう間かん性せい

extensity

1

より大おおきい

greater than ...; bigger ...

1

弾はじき

gun; pistol; tiddlywinks; marbles; repellence

1

若わか手て

young person

1

郎ろう

nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband

6

尾お花ばな

(ear of) Japanese pampas grass

1

園その

garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location

1

ガキ

brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

1

さら

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

2

さとい

clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning

1

かりに

supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

1

野の原はら

field; plain; prairie; moor

1

千ち草ぐさ色いろ

light greenish-blue

1

めく

to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...

1

命いのちを張はる

to put one's life on the line

1

静せい止し

stillness; repose; standing still

1

変へん容よう

change in appearance; transformation

1

なおさら

still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less

1

だからといって

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

1

天てん真しん爛らん漫まん

naivete; simplicity; innocence

1

持もち味あじ

inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste; distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability

1

息いきづかい

breathing; respiration

1

磁じ場ば

magnetic field; ambience; atmosphere; focal point

1

呼こ吸きゅう法ほう

breathing techniques; breath control

1

感かん性せい

sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)

1

ひしひし

acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard

1

差さがつく

a gap develops; a significant difference emerges

1

遠とお巻まき

surrounding at a distance

1

一ひと皮かわ剝むく

to take a veneer off something

1

演えん出しゅつ家か

producer; director

3

神かみ様さま

God; god; ace; king; superior person

1

手て出だし

meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one

1

我わが儘まま

selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

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Vocabulary list: Mokushiroku - Volume 1