Wagaya wa Gion no Ogamiya-san – Vocabulary list

櫛くし

comb

8

蝶ちょう

butterfly

1

彫ちょう刻こく

carving; engraving; sculpture

1

どえらい

immense; awesome; enormous; terrific

2

怪かい物ぶつ

monster

1

ため息いきを吐つく

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

1

魅みせる

to charm; to bewitch; to enchant; to captivate; to fascinate

1

魔ま性しょう

devilish; diabolical

1

自みずから進すすんで

by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat

1

気きが合あう

to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial

1

葵あおい

mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger)

3

わけがある

to have a reason; to have an excuse

2

子こどもらしい

childish; child-like; innocent; naive

1

スーツケース

suitcase

5

始し発はつ

first departure (of the day); first train; first bus; departing from the starting station (of a bus, train, etc.)

1

焼やき

roasting; grilling; toasting; tempering (in metallurgy)

8

幕まく開あけ

rise of the curtain; opening of a play; beginning (e.g. of an era); start; opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)

1

能のう力りょく者しゃ

capable person; talented person; person with supernatural powers (in fiction); competent person; person with legal capacity

2

世せい紀き

century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

1

存そん続ぞく

continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration

1

主しゅ導どう

leadership; initiative; spearhead

1

邸てい内ない

grounds; premises

1

浅あさ黄ぎ

light yellow

1

口くち数かずが多おおい

talkative

1

天てん台だい宗しゅう

Tendai sect (of Buddhism)

2

必ひつ要ように応おうじて

as necessary; if necessary; as the need arises; as occasion demands; where appropriate

1

最さい澄ちょう

Saichō; Saichou (founder of the Tendai sect) (767-822)

2

お国くに

your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)

2

土つち御み門かど

Tsuchimikado

12

始し祖そ

founder; originator; pioneer

1

現うつつ

reality; consciousness

2

わさ

loop; snare

1

徹てっ底てい

thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

1

実じつ力りょく主しゅ義ぎ

merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism

2

平へい均きん的てき

average; ordinary; normal

1

万ばん々ばん歳ざい

matter for great congratulation

1

故こ

the late; the deceased

1

縛しばり

binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term

1

気き張ばる

to brace one's core (e.g. when carrying something heavy); to bear down; to exert oneself; to push oneself; to pay generously (for); to splurge (on)

1

畏おそれ多おおくも

graciously; respectfully

1

競きょう争そう相あい手て

competitor; rival

1

もしや

perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility

1

不ふ届とどき者もの

rude person; villain; blackguard; scoundrel; rogue; libertine

1

図ず星ぼし

bull's-eye; the mark

1

同どう等とう

equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence

1

事じ務む処しょ理り

paperwork

1

秘ひ書しょ

(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book

3

意い地じ悪わるい

ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited

1

渡わたり廊ろう下か

roofed corridor connecting two buildings; connecting passageway; skyway; skybridge; skywalk

1

釈しゃく然ぜんとする

to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy

1

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Vocabulary list: Wagaya wa Gion no Ogamiya-san