Otousan to Yobasete – Vocabulary list

やだ

not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect

1

ようこそ

welcome!; nice to see you!

1

三さん流りゅう

third-rate; third-class

2

不ふ可か抗こう力りょく

act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major

1

方ほう向こう

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

1

持もっていく

to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

1

拉ら致ち

taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction

1

いびる

to pick on; to tease

2

倒たおす

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

1

てんぞ

one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of food and other matters)

1

姉あね貴き

elder sister; older female friend

1

菜なの花はな

rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers

1

遠えん慮りょ

reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

2

押おし入いれ

closet

1

引ひっ張ぱる

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

1

半はん生せい

half a lifetime

1

昭しょう

nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)

6

数すう学がく

mathematics; arithmetic

1

国こく語ご

national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)

1

社しゃ会かい

society; public; community; social studies

1

まあまあ

so-so; passable; now, now; my, my

1

中ちゅう学がく

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

1

きちょうめん

methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it

1

妹いもうとさん

younger sister

5

おつまみ

snack (to have with a drink); side dish

1

資し料りょう

materials; data; document

1

作つくり

making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi

1

ジャガイモ

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

1

チーズ

cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)

3

気きが利きく

to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive

1

ネギ

Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion

1

ささみ

chicken tender; chicken tenderloin

1

ザーサイ

Szechuan pickles; Sichuan vegetables; zha cai; pickled mustard plant stem

1

美び人じん

beautiful woman; (a) beauty

2

気き立だて

disposition; nature

1

姉し妹まい

sisters

4

化け粧しょう水すい

skin lotion; face lotion

1

気き遣づかい

consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude

1

謙けん虚きょ

modest; humble

1

奥おくゆかしい

refined; graceful; modest; cultivated; elegant; reserved

1

真まっ黒くろ

pitch black

1

上じょう手ず

skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

1

どく

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way

3

箸はし

chopsticks

2

手て先さき

fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool

1

アロマ

aroma; class; style; aromatherapy

3

むっと

to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy

2

ポチ

dot; point; mark

2

わっと

suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)

1

明めい治じ

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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Vocabulary list: Otousan to Yobasete