Nangoku Taiheiki - Volume 1 – Vocabulary list

高こう徳とく

eminent virtue

1

過あやまち

fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

1

隅すみから隅すみまで

in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover

1

おおきに

greatly; very much; thanks a lot

1

御お礼れい

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

1

のちほど

later on; eventually; afterwards

1

苦にがる

to feel bitter; to scowl

1

露ろ地じ

bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)

1

蹲つくなむ

to squat; to crouch

5

両りょう隣どなり

both sides

1

雨あま戸ど

sliding storm shutter

1

あの娘こ

that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

1

油あぶら紙がみ

oil paper; oiled paper

1

煙草たばこ入いれ

tobacco container (esp. a tobacco pouch)

1

ちらつく

to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)

1

へる

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

1

気きに障さわる

to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way

1

薄うす々うす

thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little

1

気き性しょう

disposition; temperament; temper; nature

2

ふむ

hmm; I see; hrm

4

もっともらしい

plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious

1

いろは

traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...

2

へと

to; towards; for

1

駈かけ引ひき

bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy

1

憐あわれむ

to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on

1

かあ

cawing (of a crow)

1

男おとこらしい

manly; masculine; like a man

1

度たび々たび

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

2

取とり持もつ

to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive

1

惚ぼけ

fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)

1

一ひと役やく

role (which someone or something plays in a given situation); part; contribution (to a given situation)

1

命いのちがけ

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

4

てっきり

surely; certainly; without doubt

1

ぺしゃんこ

crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something

1

おいおい

hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa

1

三さん下した

petty underling; small fry

1

留りゅう

stationary point

2

より上うえ

above; more than

1

十お八は番こ

one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays

1

芸げい

art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance

2

できごと

incident; affair; happening; event

4

漢おとこ

man among men; man's man

1

蘭らん

orchid; Netherlands; Holland

1

早はや耳みみ

sharp-eared; keen-eared; quick-eared

1

亀かめ

tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon

2

する

to shave

1

あっという間まに

just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

1

取とり引ひき

transactions; dealings; business

1

ふふん

pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed

1

大おお旦だん那な

(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner

1

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Vocabulary list: Nangoku Taiheiki - Volume 1