Taira no Kiyomori – Vocabulary list

支ささえ合あう

to support each other; to support one another

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何なにがあっても

no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine

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かいがい

foreign; abroad; overseas

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躍おどり込こむ

to jump into; to rush into

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恵めぐみ

blessing; grace

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一いっ途とをたどる

to continue (going along some trend)

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助じょ命めい

sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal

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嘆たん願がん

entreaty; appeal; petition

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着きせる

to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)

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股こ肱こう

one's right-hand man; one's trusted henchman

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恥はじ

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

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主しゅ君くん

lord; master

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遺い骨こつ

cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes; remains (of war dead)

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掘ほり起おこす

to dig up; to unearth; to uncover

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入じゅ水すい

suicide by drowning; drowning oneself; entering the water; hitting the water

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元げん暦りゃく

Genryaku era (1184.4.16-1185.8.14)

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雌し雄ゆうを決けっする

to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)

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壇だんノ浦うらの戦たたかい

Battle of Dan-no-ura (final battle of the Genpei War; 1185)

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三さん種しゅ

three kinds; three varieties

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神じん器ぎ

sacred treasure; the three sacred treasures (sword, jewel, mirror); implement used in religious ceremonies

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東あずま男おとこ

man from eastern Japan (esp. Edo or elsewhere in the Kanto region)

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散ちる

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

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行こうを共ともにする

to go on a trip with someone; to accompany on a trip

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泳およぎ回まわる

to swim around

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建けん礼れい門もん院いん

Kenreimon'in (court name of Taira no Tokuko)

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神しん鏡きょう

divine mirror; sacred mirror (one of the three sacred treasures)

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能の登と

Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture); Noto (peninsula)

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いかり

anchor

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巻まきつける

to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around

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身みを投なげる

to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)

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発はつ

departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

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食しょくを断たつ

to fast

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ひっそり

quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

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長なが々なが

long; drawn-out; very long

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任にん官かん

appointment (to an office); investiture; commission

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無む断だんで

without permission; without notice

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願ねがわくは

I pray; I wish

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しからば

if so; if it be so; in that case; then

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拙せっ僧そう

I, as a mere priest; this humble servant of Buddha

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望もち月づき

full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month

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往おう生じょう

passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed

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刺し客かく

assassin; to assassinate

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執しつ拗よう

persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate

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建けん久きゅう

Kenkyū era (1190.4.11-1199.4.27)

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かく言いう

in this way; along these lines; similarly

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室むろ町まち

Muromachi period (1333-1573)

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幕ばく府ふ

bakufu; shogunate

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模もする

to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

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竜りゅう宮ぐう

Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

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映うつす

to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)

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Vocabulary list: Taira no Kiyomori