新編忠臣蔵 – Vocabulary list

丙ひのえ戌いぬ

Fire Dog (23rd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1946, 2006, 2066)

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円まる

circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

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属ぞく

genus

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モ

algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed

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然しか

(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh

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太たい后こう

empress dowager; queen mother

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帰き依え

becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion

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甚いたい

painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing

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ダ

poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse

2

深ふけ

growing late; latening

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イテ

archer; bowman

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政せい令れい

government ordinance; cabinet order

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すなわち

that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case

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吏り

government official; public official

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個こ々こに

individually; separately

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立たテ

Tate

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愛あい犬けん

pet dog; beloved dog; love of dogs; fondness for dogs

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記しるす

to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark

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貞じょう享きょう

Jōkyō era (1684.2.21-1688.9.30)

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四よ年ねん

four years

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足あしかけ

leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.); foothold; pedal; spanning (incl. partial start and end periods)

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にわたって

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

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今いまなお

still; even now

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違い犯はん

offense (against the law); offence; violation

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厄やく

misfortune; bad luck; evil; unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky

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石いしころ

(small) stone; rock; pebble

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数かぞえきれない

countless; incalculable

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まごつく

to be confused; to be flustered; to be at a loss; to loiter; to hang around; to wander around

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蟄ちっ居きょ

shutting oneself up in one's house; staying indoors; living in seclusion; house arrest (Edo-period punishment)

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命めいずる

to order; to command; to appoint

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なにがし

certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

2

秋あき田た

Akita (city, prefecture)

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重じゅう罪ざい

felony; serious crime

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職しょく制せい

office organization; office organisation; management; managerial post

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しばし

for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while

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悩なやむ

to be worried; to be troubled

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喧けん々けん

noisily

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糞くそ

damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

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うそのよう

hard-to-believe; unbelievable; incredible; fabulous

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押おしつける

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

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次し第だい次し第だいに

gradually; little by little; step by step

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平へい気き

cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK

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別べつ物もの

another thing; exception; special case

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何なに々なに

what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well

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心こころがける

to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour

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虚きょ名めい

false reputation; empty title; empty name

2

無む節せっ操そう

unprincipled; inconstant; unscrupulous

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乱らん倫りん

(sexually) immoral; unethical; corrupt

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阿あ諛ゆ

flattery; adulation

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奸かん

cunning and wickedness; cunning and wicked person

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Vocabulary list: 新編忠臣蔵