Ten to Chi to – Vocabulary list

そうとする

to admire a person's courage; to approve of someone's ambition

1

ふみこえる

to step over or across; to overcome

2

すり鉢ばち

(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)

1

げし

summer solstice

1

溺でき死し

death by drowning

1

気きがせく

to feel under pressure; to feel impatient; to be in a hurry

1

くみあわせる

to join together; to combine; to join up

1

押おしあう

to jostle; to crowd; to haggle

2

へしあう

to jostle; to push

1

三さん回かい

three times

1

按あんじる

to investigate; to consider; to plan; to pat; to rub; to take a sword in one's hand

1

ずに

without doing

1

天てっ辺ぺん

top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet

1

秋あき草くさ

plants which flower in autumn (fall)

1

二ふたつに一ひとつ

one of two (possibilities, alternatives, etc.)

1

小こ僧ぞう

youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy

1

金かねづく

using money as a weapon; power of money

1

たたみかける

to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone

1

切きりつける

to cut at; to slash at

1

雋しゅん

excellence; genius

1

敏びん

quick; nimble; agile; sharp; smart; clever

1

竿さお立だち

bolting upright; rearing up (horse)

1

講こう評ひょう

criticism (by a teacher or coach, with commentary, especially at a poetry reading); review; critique

1

磊らい嵬かい

discontent; being weighed down emotionally; heavy heart

1

尾お花ばな

(ear of) Japanese pampas grass

1

色いろ模も様よう

colored pattern; coloured pattern; love scene

1

なにごともなく

uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully

1

数すう瞬しゅん

a few moments

1

前ぜん駆く

outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); outriding; harbinger; herald; anticipation

2

出で迎むかえ

meeting; reception

2

歩あゆみ寄よる

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

1

辰たつ

the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar

2

あの世よ

the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death

1

晴はれわたる

to clear up; to become cloudless; to be refreshed

1

ひときれ

slice; small piece

1

上うわの空そら

inattention; absent-mindedness

1

悠ゆう

quiet; calm; leisurely; distant; far-off; boundless

1

週しゅう刊かん

weekly publication

1

連れん載さい

serialization; serialisation; serial story

1

終しゅう了りょう

end; close; termination

1

愛あい読どく

reading with pleasure

1

もちつづける

to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep

1

声せい援えん

(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support

2

教きょう示じ

instruction; teaching

1

本ほん職しょく

principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me

2

文ぶん章しょう

writing; composition; essay; sentence

1

食しょく傷しょう

surfeit; glut; being fed up; food poisoning

1

筆ふで不ぶ精しょう

poor correspondent; apparent disdain of (or trouble with) writing; someone who appears to dislike (or be poor at) writing

1

なんです

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

2

そこへもってきて

what is worse; to make matters worse

1

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Vocabulary list: Ten to Chi to