The Curse of the Bronze Lamp – Vocabulary list

騒さわぎ

uproar; disturbance

3

巻まきこむ

to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

1

雑ざつ役えき婦ふ

cleaning lady

20

孤こ児じ

orphan; person without friends

1

アニイ

elder brother; one's senior; dashing young man; gallant young lad

16

児こ

child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot

1

うろうろ

restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss

1

一いっ向こう

completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

2

足あし枷かせ

fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden

1

南みなみ側がわ

south side

3

問とい合あわす

to enquire; to inquire; to seek information

1

あわす

to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

1

身みを守まもる

to defend oneself; to protect oneself

3

すべ

way; method; means

2

地じ

ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric

1

踏ふむ

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

3

蕪かぶ

turnip (Brassica rapa)

1

五ご分ぶ

half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%

1

間まに合あう

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

1

ことになっている

to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)

1

見み詰つめる

to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on

3

熟じゅく練れん

skill; dexterity; proficiency

1

強しいる

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

2

辺へん

area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

2

喋しゃべり

talk; chat

1

犯はん罪ざい者しゃ

criminal; culprit

1

狩かり場ば

hunting ground; hunting preserve

1

巡じゅん視し

inspection tour

1

植うえる

to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)

2

裏うら門もん

back gate

3

時じ間かんをつぶす

to kill time

1

大おおまた

spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop

1

うんざり

tedious; boring; being fed up with

1

勢せ子こ

beater (on a hunt)

2

草くさ叢むら

the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)

1

獲え物もの

prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot

1

バサ

Basa fish

1

洞ほら穴あな

cave; cavern; den; grotto

1

象ぞう嵌がん

inlay (work); inlaying

1

台だい座ざ

pedestal

1

コンパクト

compact; compact (cosmetics); portable powder case

3

五ご月がつ祭さい

May Day; May Festival

2

前ぜん夜や

last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)

2

悪あく霊りょう

evil spirit

2

話はなしにならない

not worth considering; out of the question

1

豚ぶた

pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty

1

頭あたまがいい

bright; intelligent; clever; smart

3

なんにもならない

lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)

1

徹てっ底てい的てき

thorough; exhaustive; complete

2

知しったことではない

to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one

1

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Vocabulary list: The Curse of the Bronze Lamp