Joze to Tora to Sanaka-tachi – Vocabulary list

まがい

imitation; sham; -like

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将しょう来らい

future (usually near); prospects

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生せい活かつ不ふ安あん

worry (uncertainty, uneasiness, insecurity) about one's life (future)

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強きょう調ちょう

emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point

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遺い産さん

inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage

2

分わけ

sharing; division; draw; tie

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運うん営えい

management; administration; operation

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減へらす

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

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株かぶ

stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company

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儲もうけ

profit; earnings

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何なにかと

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

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チエ

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

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運うん用よう

making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)

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ローン

loan; roan; lawn (i.e. short grass); lawn (type of cotton cloth)

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東ひがし

east

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区く

ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)

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一いっ戸こ

one house; household

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大たい半はん

majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

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利り殖しょく

money-making

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弟おとうと

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

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小こ金がね

small sum of money

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姉し弟てい

older sister and younger brother

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つましい

thrifty; frugal; economical

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たいした

considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

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せいぜい

at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can

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食くいつぶす

to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely

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関せきの山やま

the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect

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建けん築ちく

construction; architecture (of buildings)

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店てん

store; shop; restaurant

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金かね貸かし

moneylending; moneylender

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資し産さん

property; fortune; means; assets

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韜とう晦かい

hidden (talents, etc.); self-concealment; self-effacement

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一いち部ぶ分ぶん

one part; one portion; one section

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かたちづくる

to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up

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怠おこたる

to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard

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小こ粒つぶ

small grain; small stature or ability

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サウナ

sauna

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マッサージ

massage

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細さい心しん

meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent

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注ちゅう意いを払はらう

to pay attention (to)

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年ねん齢れい相そう応おう

(appropriate for) one's age

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勺しゃく

shaku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 ml; shaku; traditional unit of area, approx. 0.033 meters square

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晩ばん酌しゃく

drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink

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うるおい

moisture; damp; richness; warmth; financial leeway; gains

2

照てり

sunshine; dry weather; luster; lustre

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脳のう天てん

top of the head; crown of the head

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突つき抜ぬける

to pierce through; to break through

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お膳ぜん

four-legged tray for festive food

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独う活ど

udo (plant related to ginseng, used in medicine and cooking) (Aralia cordata)

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マナガツオ

butterfish (any fish of family Stromateidae, esp. species Pampus punctatissimus); harvestfish; rudderfish

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Vocabulary list: Joze to Tora to Sanaka-tachi