薬屋のひとりごと – Vocabulary list

please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother

2

to use (in cooking); to mix (in)

1

being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)

1

井い戸ど水みず

well water

2

自じ分ぶんの分ぶん

one's share; one's portion

2

新しん薬やく

new medicine; new drug

1

ぴくぴく

twitching

3

うまい話はなし

too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories

1

一いち人にん前まえ

one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established

1

とま

woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)

4

先せん手て

first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative

1

特とく使し

special envoy

9

亡ぼう命めい

flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee

9

金きん髪ぱつ

blond hair

4

青あお目め

blue eyes; a Westerner

1

大おお柄がら

large build; large pattern

3

一ひと癖くせも二ふた癖くせもある

to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic

2

異い国こく人じん

foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien

41

同どう等とう

equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence

4

曲まがりなりにも

though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other

3

臍へそを曲まげる

to get angry; to become perverse

2

かたは

single edge (e.g. sword blade)

2

承しょう諾だく

consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance

3

推すい薦せん状じょう

letter of invitation; letter of recommendation; reference

1

何な故ぜに

why; how

1

勉べん強きょう熱ねっ心しん

hardworking; studious

6

尚なお且かつ

besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so

1

作さ法ほう

manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

2

弱よわ弱よわしい

frail; slender; feminine

1

ずしん

thud

1

買ばい収しゅう

acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption

3

留る守す番ばん

care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

6

借かり切きる

to hire for exclusive use; to reserve; to charter

1

婆ばあや

elderly housekeeper; elderly maid; wet nurse; nanny

2

琴こと

koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument

1

演えん奏そう

musical performance

1

塩しおっ気け

saltiness

1

いたれりつくせり

perfect; complete; thorough; leaving nothing to be desired; more than satisfactory

2

巡じゅん回かい

going around; patrol; round; tour

2

今いまは昔むかし

once upon a time; a long time ago

1

漢かん詩し

Chinese poem; Chinese poetry

4

医い学がく

medical science; medicine

4

写しゃ経きょう

hand-copied sutras; copying of a sutra

3

見みやすい

easy to see; easy to read; easy to understand; (arch.) easy to look at; (arch.) attractive

1

見み本ほん

sample; specimen; pattern; model; example

1

解かい答とう

answer; solution

1

受じゅ験けん

taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)

4

花はな嫁よめ修しゅう業ぎょう

training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts; domestic training

6

学がく舎しゃ

school (building)

1

地ち方ほう都と市し

provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities

1

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