Chuushingura - Volume 1 – Vocabulary list

一いっ戦せんを交まじえる

to fight a battle; to have a fight

1

強きょう硬こう派は

hard-liners; diehards; hawks

2

連れん合ごう

union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)

1

穏おん和わ

gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; quiet; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild; temperate

2

謀む反ほん

rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason

2

烙らく印いんを押おされる

to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...

1

反はん心しん

rebellious spirit

1

損そこなう

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...

1

負まける

to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

1

当あてになる

reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure

2

捨すて去さる

to abandon (ship)

1

謗そしり

censure; criticism; blame; disparagement; vilification

1

旧きゅう臣しん

old retainer

1

明あけ渡わたす

to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)

3

泉せん下か

Hades; the hereafter

1

タカ派は

hawks; hardline faction; hardliner

9

綿わた

cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding

2

めげる

to be discouraged; to shrink from

1

評ひょう定てい

assessment; rating; grade; evaluation

2

肝かん心じん

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

1

しゃべる

to talk; to chat; to chatter

1

論ろん戦せん

verbal dispute

1

論ろん客きゃく

controversialist

1

気き易やすい

relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly

1

水すい利り

utilization of water; water supply; irrigation; water transportation; navigability (e.g. of a river)

1

ご存ぞんじ

knowing; (an) acquaintance

1

何なん度どとなく

time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times

1

掘くっ削さく

digging out; excavation

2

ためし

trial; test

1

なくす

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

2

戦たたかう

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

2

いかほど

how much; how many; however

1

具ぐ足そく

completeness; being fully equipped; (suit of) armor; armour

2

火か薬やく

gunpowder; powder

1

貫かん目め

unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg

1

あらかた

mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about

1

これしき

trifle; insignificant thing; (only) this much

1

大たい軍ぐん

large army

2

挙あげる

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)

1

反はん論ろん

objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

1

説せっ得とく力りょく

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

1

言いうとおり

as (somebody) says

1

不ふ自じ由ゆう

discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

1

書しょ類るい

document; official papers

1

水すい質しつ

water quality

1

前まえ々まえ

a long time ago; long before now

1

掘ほり井い

Horii

2

出で来きる

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at

1

郭くるわ

district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district

1

中なか屋や敷しき

daimyo's spare residence or emergency refuge; residence of a daimyo's successor

1

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Vocabulary list: Chuushingura - Volume 1