Ascendance of a Bookworm - (21) Part 4, Vol.9 – Vocabulary list

維い持じ

maintenance; preservation; improvement

1

首くびを振ふる

to shake one's head

1

マットレス

mattress; mattress pad (under a futon)

1

クッション

cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation

1

寛くつろぐ

to relax; to feel at home

2

ぜひとも

by all means; at all costs; absolutely

1

不ふ快かい

displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment

1

過か去こ

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

2

寄よりかかる

to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on

1

細ほそめる

to make narrow

3

例たとえる

to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

1

言いうなれば

so to speak

1

回まわりくどい

circuitous; roundabout; indirect

2

察さっす

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

1

心こころの中なか

inside one's heart; in one's mind

1

こんなふうに

in this way; like this

2

これから先さき

from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road

3

案あん内ない人にん

guide (on a tour, etc.)

1

心こころ細ぼそい

helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

1

安あん心しん感かん

sense of security

1

喉のど元もと

throat; important part; vital area

2

出でかかる

to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue

1

身み勝がっ手て

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

1

言こと葉ばを呑のむ

to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

2

込こむ

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

2

目め元もと

the eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes

2

入にゅう室しつ制せい限げん

access restriction (to an indoor location); entry restriction

2

解かい除じょ

termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)

3

代かわりに

instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

3

そうなると

if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so

1

背せが低ひくい

short (of a person)

1

お払はらい箱ばこ

discarding; throwing away; getting rid of; dismissal (of an employee); firing; sacking

1

嬉き々き

merry; joyful; gleeful

3

今日きょう中じゅうに

by today; before the day is over

1

通つう常じょう業ぎょう務む

normal duties; (one's) regular work

1

立たち入いる

to enter; to go into; to meddle (in); to interfere (in); to go deeply (into an issue); to delve deeper (into)

1

雑ざっ多た

miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized

1

取とり立たてる

to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on

1

相そう応おう

suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta

1

報ほう酬しゅう

remuneration; recompense; reward; toll

4

力ちから仕し事ごと

physical work; manual labour (labor)

2

人にん

counter for people

2

身みを翻ひるがえす

to turn aside adroitly; to dodge

1

馴な染じみ

familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance

1

何なんでも

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

2

術じゅつ

art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice

2

長たける

to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)

3

警けい戒かい心しん

wariness

6

歓かん迎げい

welcome; (warm) reception

5

御お礼れい

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

3

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Vocabulary list: Ascendance of a Bookworm - (21) Part 4, Vol.9