A Christmas Carol – Vocabulary list

視し野や

field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons

3

逆さか巻まく

to surge (water or waves)

1

波なみの音おと

roar of waves

1

聾ろうする

to deafen

1

迫せり上あがる

to gradually rise

1

砕くだけ散ちる

to be smashed up

1

激げき浪ろう

raging sea

1

岩がん窟くつ

cave; cavern

1

うがつ

to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear

1

岸きし

bank; coast; shore

1

打うち寄よせる

to break onto (shore); to wash ashore; to attack

1

陸りく地ち

land

1

覆くつがえす

to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)

1

数すう

several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

1

キロ

kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer

1

沖おき合あい

off the coast; offshore; out at sea

1

波は

counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)

1

岩がん礁しょう

reef

1

灯とう台だい

lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it

4

泡あわ立だつ

to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)

1

時し化け

stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession

2

波は浪ろう

waves; billows; surge

1

寄よせては返かえす

to break on the shore and retreat (of a wave)

1

せめぎ合あう

to fight each other

1

飛沫しぶき

splash; spray

1

散ちらす

to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve

1

難なん所しょ

perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot

1

根ね方かた

root; lower part

1

海かい藻そう

seaweed

2

からみつく

to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle

1

同どう様よう

same; similar; (just) like; equal

1

ウミツバメ

storm petrel (any bird of family Hydrobatidae)

1

波なみ頭がしら

wave crest; whitecaps

1

かすめる

to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)

1

嵐あらし

storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)

1

飛とび違ちがう

to flit about

1

守もり

babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper

2

銃じゅう眼がん

loophole; crenel; gun port; porthole

1

石いし壁かべ

stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice

1

穴あな

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

2

条じょう

article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though

1

絶たえることなく

unceasing; relentless

1

節ふしくれだつ

to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby

1

手てを取とり合あう

to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands

2

挨あい拶さつを交かわす

to exchange greetings

1

ブリキ

tin plate

1

コップ

glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)

1

水みず割わり

cutting an alcoholic beverage (usu. whisky or shōchū); diluting an alcoholic beverage; cut drink; diluted drink; watered-down drink

1

ラム酒しゅ

rum

1

呷あおる

to gulp down (a drink); to slurp

1

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Vocabulary list: A Christmas Carol