Yoru to Kiri no Sumi de – Vocabulary list

門もん

gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons

2

見みる見みる

very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes

4

でっぷり

stoutness; corpulence

1

太ふとる

to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout

8

醜みにくい

ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly

4

吐と息いき

sigh; long breath

2

やかましい

noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe

2

アヒル

domestic duck

1

渾あだ名な

nickname

1

厳げん格かく

strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough

2

頑がん是ぜない

innocent; helpless

3

つねる

to pinch; to nip

1

尻しり

buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end

1

痣あざ

birthmark; nevus; bruise

2

ままに

as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

2

握にぎりしめる

to grasp tightly

1

育そだてる

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

1

必ひつ要ようない

unnecessary; not needed; not necessary

1

意い地じ

stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire

1

手て放ばなし

not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)

1

老ろう嬢じょう

elderly spinster

1

ガス

gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove

1

引ひき受うける

to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

2

ヨーロッパ

Europe

3

暗あん雲うん

dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications

1

おぞましい

disgusting; repulsive

1

第だい二に次じ世せ界かい大たい戦せん

Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2

1

嵐あらし

storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)

2

吹ふきすさぶ

to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun

1

広こう大だい

vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand

2

地ち域いき

area; region

1

狂くるい

madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic

1

旋せん風ぷう

whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo

1

単たんなる

mere; simple; sheer

9

錯さく乱らん

confusion; distraction; derangement

1

綿めん密みつ

minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough

1

秩ちつ序じょ

order; discipline; regularity; system; method

3

アフリカ

Africa

2

砂さ丘きゅう

sand dune; sand hill

1

うずめる

to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack

1

群ぐんをなす

to swarm; to crowd; to flock together

2

擱かく坐ざ

running aground; stranding; being disabled (of a tank, train, etc.); being put out of action

1

戦せん車しゃ

tank (military vehicle); chariot

7

黒こく煙えん

black smoke

1

竜たつ巻まき

tornado; waterspout

1

丸まる一いち日にち

the whole day; all the day

3

沖ちゅうする

to rise up into the air; to ascend into the sky

1

死し体たい

dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

2

灼しゃく熱ねつ

becoming red hot; red heat; scorching heat; running high (of emotions); burning (with passion, enthusiasm, etc.)

1

反はん射しゃ

reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes

2

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Vocabulary list: Yoru to Kiri no Sumi de