Ascendance of a Bookworm - (25) Part 5, Vol.4 – Vocabulary list

商しょう売ばい

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

1

壁かべ

wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)

9

色いろ合あい

colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel

1

上じょう空くう

sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air

2

同おなじくらい

approximately the same

1

格かく別べつ

particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally

1

螺ら鈿でん細ざい工く

mother-of-pearl inlay

1

貝かい

shellfish; seashell; shell

1

真しん珠じゅ層そう

mother-of-pearl

1

きらめき

glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle; twinkling; glistening

1

淡あわい

light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight

5

虹にじ色いろ

rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured

4

万ばん里りの長ちょう城じょう

Great Wall of China

1

地ち形けい

terrain; geographical features; topography

1

曲まがりくねる

to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag

1

線せんを引ひく

to draw a line

2

人じん工こう物ぶつ

artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact

1

一ひと目め

glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view

1

初しょ代だい

first generation; founder

3

大たい陸りく

continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe

1

円えん形けい

round shape; circle; circular form

1

地ち理り

geography

1

国くに

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)

8

境さかい

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

1

境きょう界かい線せん

boundary line

1

国こっ境きょう線せん

border

1

肉にく眼がん

naked eye; the physical eye

1

木もく造ぞう建けん築ちく

wooden building; wooden architecture

1

階かい

storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building

1

見みえにくい

hard to see; obscured

1

入いる

to enter; to go in; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve

1

息いきを潜ひそめる

to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

1

全ぜん開かい

opening fully; full throttle; full power

1

模も様よう

pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

2

恐おそらく

probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid

1

開かい門もん

opening of a gate

5

正しょう面めんから

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

2

感かん激げき

deep emotion; impression; inspiration

1

閉しまる

to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober

1

角かく度ど

angle

2

位い置ち

place; position; location; position; standing; status

1

大たい義ぎ名めい分ぶん

just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)

1

大だい体たい

generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points

1

動どう機き

motive; incentive; motif

1

覚おぼえ

memory; sense; experience

1

うっ

oof; ough; ulp

1

カッコつける

to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off

1

誘ゆう導どう

guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement

1

交かわす

to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

3

歩ほを進すすめる

to walk; to move forward; to make progress

1

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Vocabulary list: Ascendance of a Bookworm - (25) Part 5, Vol.4