Vocabulary list: Yoshiwara Ura Doshin - Episode 2

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殿どの
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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.
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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
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だった
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was; were
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I; me
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indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
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violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
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おっと
Top 1900
husband
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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
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hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
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から
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from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
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to rescue; to free
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くれ
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to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
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we; us
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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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three years
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escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
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たび
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travel; trip; journey
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すえ
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finally; after; following; at the end (of)
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to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
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きち
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good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
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げん
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original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
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しかし
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however; but
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そこ
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there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
4
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at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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to lure someone; to entice someone
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わな
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snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
1
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at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
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younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
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if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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prostitute; harlot
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first warbling heard in a New Year
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やと
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to employ; to hire; to charter
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ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
3
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to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
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to lose one's life
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to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
2
ため
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good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
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honorific/polite/humble prefix
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to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
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ねが
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to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
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かな
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I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
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つまり
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that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
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bodyguard; bouncer; bar (e.g. on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence
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to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
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という
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called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
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こと
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thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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ですか
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indicates question
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