Nana Hime Monogatari - Volume 1 – Vocabulary list

軒のき先さき

edge of the eaves; house frontage

3

脆もろい

brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

3

鈍にぶい

dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

2

竹たけ

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

1

夕ゆう顔がお

bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida); calabash; moonflower (Ipomoea alba)

1

咲さく

to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open

1

夕ゆう涼すずみ

evening cool; cool of the evening

3

なげ

a throw; a fall

1

向日葵ひまわり

sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

1

庭にわ先さき

part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden

1

声こわ高だか

loud (of a voice)

1

茜あかね色いろ

madder red; dark red; crimson

7

連つれて行いく

to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away

1

目もく的てき

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

4

それで

and; thereupon; because of that

3

くすぐったい

ticklish; embarrassing

2

元げん気き良よく

cheerfully; spiritedly; vigorously; lively

1

階かい段だんを上のぼる

to go up the stairs

2

帰かえる

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

4

瞬しゅん間かん

moment; second; instant

4

すれ違ちがう

to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash

1

入いれ替かわる

to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone

1

落おち葉ば

fallen leaves; leaf litter; leaf fall; dropping leaves; deciduous

4

舞まう

to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

5

人ひと影かげ

figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person

11

更さら地ち

empty lot; vacant plot of land

1

鎮ちん守じゅ

local Shinto deity; tutelary god

1

木き々ぎ

(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees

3

円えん形けい

round shape; circle; circular form

1

地じ肌はだ

texture; grain; one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; surface of the earth; bare ground

1

むき出だし

naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt

1

安あん定てい

stability; steadiness; equilibrium

2

祭さい事じ

festival; rites; ritual

1

ちょうどよい

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

1

集しゅう会かい所じょ

meeting place; assembly hall

1

遊あそび場ば

playground

1

静しずけさ

stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity

1

気きにしない

not caring; not giving a damn

3

木こ立だち

cluster of trees; grove; thicket

9

影かげ法ぼう師し

shadow figure; silhouette

2

伸のばす

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

3

地じ面めん

ground; earth's surface

7

背せい比くらべ

comparing heights; comparison of statures

1

身みの丈たけ

stature; body height

1

倍ばい

double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

3

西にし日び

westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun

1

赤あかみ

reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush

2

息いき

breath; breathing; tone; mood

6

横よこ切ぎる

to cross (e.g. road); to traverse

1

顎あご

jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

3

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Vocabulary list: Nana Hime Monogatari - Volume 1