Hyouka (Kotenbu Series) – Vocabulary list

藤ふじ色いろ

light purple

3

金きん糸し

gold thread

1

鞠まり

ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

2

縫ぬい取とる

to embroider

2

ひっつめる

to pull one's hair back into a bun

1

簪かんざし

ornamental hairpin

1

一いっ升しょう瓶びん

one-shō bottle (approx. 1.8 litres)

5

遣つかい物もの

present; gift

1

お待またせしました

thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting

2

あけましておめでとうございます

Happy New Year

5

本ほん年ねん

this (current) year

1

相あい

together; mutually; reciprocally; adds a nuance of solemnity or formality

2

よろしくお願ねがいいたします

please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of

1

贔ひ屓いき

favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter

2

虚きょを衝つく

to catch off guard; to catch unprepared

4

両りょう腕うで

both arms

1

ギラギラ

glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly

1

お召めし物もの

clothing

1

しっとり

damp; moist; (slightly) wet; quiet; calm; peaceful

1

おてんば

tomboy

1

姫ひめ

young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute

1

前ぜん面めん

front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan

2

紅べに色いろ

red; crimson; vermilion

2

バック

back; rear; background; backdrop; backing; support; going backwards

1

蝶ちょう

butterfly

3

裾すそ

hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)

8

草ぞう履り

zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals

7

かかと

heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)

1

期き待たい通どおり

as hoped for; as expected

1

石いし畳だたみ

stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé (rectangular dessert, usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)

2

年ねん始し

beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings

2

お使つかい

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit

3

いい子こ

good boy; good girl

5

きらびやか

gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent

1

おしろい

white makeup powder; (face) powder

1

一ひと粒つぶ種だね

(one's precious) only child

1

うかがい知しる

to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess

1

バイト

part-time job; side job; part-time worker; part-timer

10

シフト

shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears

1

お雑ぞう煮に

soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)

1

お餅もち

mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice

1

ヤドカリ

hermit crab; renting a house; tenant; renter

3

生せい態たい

ecology; life and habits (of an animal); mode of life; way of living

1

コタツ

kotatsu; table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well)

1

みかん

mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)

3

無む二に

peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable

1

カタツムリ

snail

1

家いえを空あける

to be away from home; to be out of the house

1

生せい物ぶつ学がく的てき

biological

2

雑ぞう煮に

soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)

1

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Vocabulary list: Hyouka (Kotenbu Series)