Mushin to Iu Koto – Vocabulary list

勘かん違ちがい

misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

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総そうじて

in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether

1

仏ぶっ教きょう書しょ

Buddhist writings

1

専せん門もん家か

specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit

1

皆かい目もく

entirely; (not) at all

1

難なん解かい

difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

1

さもなければ

otherwise; or else; if not

1

善ぜん男なん善ぜん女にょ

pious men and women; religious people; the faithful

1

通つう俗ぞく

popular; common

1

最さい近きん

recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

1

知ち識しき人じん

intellectual

5

たかまる

to rise; to swell; to be promoted

1

適てき当とう

suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

1

概がい説せつ

general statement; outline

2

学がく生せい

student (esp. a university student)

2

乏とぼしい

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

1

すすめる

to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

2

熟じゅく読どく

careful reading; reading thoroughly; perusal

3

平へい明めい

clear; simple

2

心しん底そこ

bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly

1

ときがたい

difficult to solve; intractable (problem)

1

疑ぎ団だん

a doubt that lurks in one's soul and that cannot be resolved

2

幾いく度ども

many times

2

付ふ言げん

saying in addition; postscript; additional remarks

1

究きゅう明めい

investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)

1

餠もち

mochi; (sticky) rice cake

1

し合あう

to do together

1

やすやす

easily; readily; with ease; without trouble

1

換かん言げん

saying in other words; putting (something) another way

1

あまりにも

too much; excessive; too

1

しようとする

to try and do something; to attempt to do something

1

見み失うしなう

to lose sight of; to miss

2

つむる

to close (one's eyes); to shut

1

山さん川せん

mountains and rivers

2

自じ己こ

self; oneself

1

気きづく

to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

2

厳げん粛しゅく

grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict

1

優すぐれる

to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

2

ことによって

via; through; by doing; by means of; using

1

深ふかめる

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

1

困こん難なん

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

3

初しょ版はん

first edition

2

昭しょう和わ

Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

2

五ご月がつ

May; fifth month of the lunar calendar

2

数すう

several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

1

版はんを重かさねる

to go through several printings; to run into several editions

2

岩いわ

rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

1

新しん書しょ

new book; 17x11 cm paperback book

1

ついで

opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor

1

岐ちまた

the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)

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Vocabulary list: Mushin to Iu Koto