Nangoku Taiheiki - Volume 2 – Vocabulary list

改あらためる

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

1

ぶらぶら

dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily

1

度ど胸きょう

courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts

1

たわい

sanity; soundness of mind; prudence and discretion; (arch.) drunkenness

1

袋ふくろ

bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

2

隣となり町まち

neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town

1

逃にげ込こむ

to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

1

もしかして

perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that

1

兄きょう弟だい

siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate

3

餞せん別べつ

farewell gift

1

世せ間けん様さま

world; society

1

どさくさ

confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically

1

稼かせぎ時どき

winning streak; good time to make a profit

1

財さい布ふ

purse; handbag; wallet

2

長ながいこと

for a long time

1

ふっつり

breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping

1

見みかねる

to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)

1

いいこと

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

1

ありゃあ

oh; ah; I'll be darned

2

煙けむりになる

to go up in smoke; to burn down; to be cremated; to vanish into thin air

1

達たっ者しゃ

in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert

1

いいとも

sounds good; sure thing; no problem

1

ひょんな

strange; unexpected; (by) chance; unusual; curious

1

しな

having just started...

2

名な残ごり

remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end

3

長ちょう講こう

lengthy lecture

2

天てん地ち

heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth

4

敷しき物もの

carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover

1

木き枕まくら

wooden pillow

1

芝しば

lawn; sod; turf

2

おうおう

sometimes; often

2

禿はげ

baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron

1

亀かめ

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

1

のんびり

at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully

2

据すわる

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

1

うようよ

in swarms; crawling with

1

からっきし

quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely

1

青あお

blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

2

腹はらがへる

to become hungry

1

帳ちょう場ば

(hotel) reception

1

売うり子こ

salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute

1

青あお梅うめ

unripe plum

1

女じょ郎ろう屋や

brothel

1

大おお広ひろ間ま

banquet or reception hall

3

抜ぬき身み

naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell

2

太たい鼓こ

drum

1

江え戸どっ子こ

true Tokyoite; Edoite; person born and raised in Edo

5

人にん間げん業わざ

the work of man; human feat; something humanly possible

3

離り縁えん

divorce; dissolution of adoption

1

ぽかん

vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

1

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Vocabulary list: Nangoku Taiheiki - Volume 2