Kusuriya no Hitorigoto – Vocabulary list

列れつを作つくる

to form a line (row)

1

ぼけっと

absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing

1

ほじる

to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up

1

握あく手しゅ

handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation

2

泣なく泣なく

tearfully; in tears; weeping; reluctantly; unwillingly; with a heavy heart

2

きまり悪わるい

embarrassed; ashamed

2

しょぼん

downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

2

正しょう午ご

noon; midday

2

宴えん会かい場じょう

banquet hall

15

身み支じ度たく

dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself

1

完かん備び

(being) fully equipped; (being) fully furnished; completeness

1

手て落おち

oversight; omission

1

体たい温おん調ちょう節せつ

thermoregulation (of the body)

1

風ふう変がわり

strange; eccentric

1

馬ま子ごにも衣い裳しょう

anybody can look good with the right clothes; clothes make the man; fine feathers make fine birds; (lit.) clothes on a packhorse driver

1

干え支と

sexagenary cycle (60-year cycle of 12 animal zodiac and 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar); 12-year Chinese zodiac

1

お見み合あい

formal marriage interview

1

縁えん続つづき

relative

1

敬けい愛あい

respect and affection; love and respect

2

思し春しゅん期き

puberty; adolescence

1

休きゅう憩けい室しつ

break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room

1

悪あくどい

gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked

1

結けっ婚こん詐さ欺ぎ

marriage fraud; fake marriage

1

言いい募つのる

to argue vehemently

2

落おち目め

on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes

1

補ほ佐さ役やく

assistant; adjunct; lieutenant

21

辰たつ

the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar

79

大おお喧げん嘩か

big quarrel; huge fight; big row

1

大おお奥おく

inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem

77

思し案あん

careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering

1

つけこむ

to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)

2

易やさしい

easy; plain; simple

1

仲なかが悪わるい

on bad terms; at loggerheads

1

三さん人にん寄よれば文もん殊じゅの知ち恵え

three heads are better than two; (lit.) if three people gather; the wisdom of Manjushri

1

弱じゃく体たい化か

weakening

4

ごてごて

over the top; thickly; heavily; richly

1

見みる人ひとが見みれば

to the trained eye

1

品ひん性せい

character

2

塩しお対たい応おう

cold reception; unwelcoming treatment

1

恋れん愛あい感かん情じょう

amorous feelings; feeling of being in love

1

紫むらさき水ずい晶しょう

amethyst

8

純じゅん金きん

pure gold; solid gold; fine gold

5

切せつ実じつ

earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate

1

和あえ物もの

chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce

1

皮蛋ピータン

century egg; thousand-year old egg; hundred-year old egg; preserved egg (Chinese delicacy)

1

黄おう酒しゅ

huangjiu; undistilled Chinese alcohol made of fermented grains

1

ほどほどに

moderately; in moderation

1

歓かん談だん

pleasant talk; chat

2

拍はく手しゅを送おくる

to give a round of applause; to applaud

2

帛はく

silk

2

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Vocabulary list: Kusuriya no Hitorigoto