Humanity Has Declined – Vocabulary list

摘つむ

to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip

2

石いし橋ばし

stone bridge

2

綱つな

rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt

1

手て厚あつい

warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful

2

刷すり込こみ

imprinting; stenciling

1

一いち番ばん上うえ

highest; uppermost; topmost; oldest; eldest

1

人じん徳とく

natural virtue; personal virtue

1

過か大だい評ひょう価か

overestimation; overrating; overvaluing

1

みたいだ

it seems that; as if

4

黒こく板ばん消けし

blackboard eraser

1

睨ねめ付つける

to glare at; to scowl at

1

声こわ音ね

tone of voice (e.g. in a sweet tone); timbre

1

劣れっ勢せい

inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation

1

優ゆう勢せい

superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance

1

終しゅう盤ばん戦せん

end of campaign

2

包ほう囲い網もう

encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement

2

職しょく員いん室しつ

staff room

1

枝し

counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)

1

土ど俵ひょう

(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion

1

ツメが甘あまい

having a poor endgame; failing at the final stage; missing at the last turn; slacking off at the end

2

しつこい

insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy

2

常じょう時じ

usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant

2

気きを張はる

to steel oneself to; to brace oneself

1

五ご分ぶ

half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing

2

ぎらつく

to glare; to dazzle; to glitter

2

かえる

to hatch (out)

1

意い地じ悪わる

malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty

1

根こん性じょう悪わる

ill-natured; twisted; ill-natured person; twisted person

1

コケにする

to make a fool of (someone)

1

落おとし前まえをつける

to settle a matter; to get even with someone

1

極ごく道どう者もの

scoundrel; rake

1

善ぜん玉だま

good person; good guy; character with a round white head on which the character "good" is written (common in Edo-period prints)

1

負まけ惜おしみ

being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes

1

ふふん

pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed

2

ちろり

metal sake jug; sake warmer

1

善ぜん良りょう

good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest

1

役やく回まわり

role; part; job; assignment

1

星ほしのもとに生うまれる

to be born under a (certain) star; to be born with a certain destiny; to be fated

1

三さん匹ぴきの子こ豚ぶた

The Three Little Pigs (fable)

1

各かっ個こ

every one; each

1

逐ちく語ご的てき

word-for-word; verbatim

1

仲なかの悪わるい

on bad terms; at loggerheads

1

囀さえずる

to sing; to chirp; to twitter

1

悪戯いたずら心ごころ

desire to tease; desire to cause mischief

1

相あい手てにする

to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

1

不ふ和わ

discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement; friction; conflict

2

仲なか違たがい

falling out (with); quarrel; discord; estrangement; being on bad terms

3

前ぜん時じ代だい的てき

premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated

1

英えい邁まい

wise and great

1

いざとなると

when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

1

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Vocabulary list: Humanity Has Declined