Monogatari Series - Nekomonogatari (Kuro) / 猫物語（黒） – Vocabulary list

知ち恵え

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

1

絞しぼり

tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture (e.g. camera, iris of the eye); aperture stop; contraction; squeezing

1

類たぐい

kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

1

話はなしが違ちがう

to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised

1

制せいする

to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

1

手てを抜ぬく

to cut corners; to be shoddy

2

チャラ

cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)

1

醸かもし出だす

to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender

1

仲なか

relation; relationship

1

誇ほこり

pride; boast; credit (to)

1

招まねき猫ねこ

beckoning cat; figure of a cat with one paw raised (usu. white porcelain)

3

民みん間かん伝でん承しょう

folklore

1

福ふく

good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck

1

死しんだ振ふり

playing dead; feigning death; playing possum

1

入いれ替かわり

substitution; replacement; shifting; change

1

乗のっ取とる

to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)

6

貧びん乏ぼう神がみ

god of poverty

1

持もち主ぬし

owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

1

本ほん体たい

substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)

2

どん底ぞこ

very bottom; rock bottom

1

テンプレート

template

1

同どう情じょう心しん

sympathy; compassion

2

身みに覚おぼえのある

having the memory of having done something oneself; familiar (to one); guilty (look, expression, etc.)

1

目め新あたらしい

original; novel; new

1

心こころ得える

to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree

2

イレギュラー

irregular

6

引ひっ張ぱり上あげる

to pull up; to haul up

1

古こ式しきゆかしい

traditional

1

手しゅ法ほう

technique; method

2

ものの見み事ごとに

splendidly; brilliantly

1

はね返かえす

to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back

1

専せん門もん知ち識しき

expertise; special knowledge; technical knowledge; expert knowledge

1

持もち合あわせる

to happen to have on hand or in stock

1

戦せん術じゅつ

tactics

3

捨すて鉢ばち

desperation

1

只ただ者もの

ordinary person

1

苦く戦せん

hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest

3

膨ぼう大だい

huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion

4

手て強ごわい

difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

1

今いまのところ

at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being

2

救すくい

help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

6

敵てきに回まわす

to make an enemy (of); to antagonize

1

サルベージ

salvage

1

一いち例れい

example; an instance

1

凡はん例れい

explanatory notes (at the start of a book); introductory remarks; usage guide (e.g. of a dictionary); legend (on maps, drawings, etc.)

2

飢うえる

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

1

野の

plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

2

ぴくりとも動うごかない

to be completely still

1

飼かい猫ねこ

pet cat

1

手てに取とる

to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

1

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Vocabulary list: Monogatari Series - Nekomonogatari (Kuro) / 猫物語（黒）