A Christmas Carol – Vocabulary list

小こ文も字じ

lowercase letter; small letter

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知しれわたる

to be well-known

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巧たくみ

skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

1

造ぞう形けい

molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling

1

における

in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to

1

シャイロック

Shylock

1

肩かたを並ならべる

to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with

1

強きょう烈れつ

strong; intense; severe

1

個こ性せい

individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic

1

世よに出でる

to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear

1

集しゅう中ちゅう

concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works

1

只ただ中なか

middle

1

生せい活かつ苦く

life's struggles

1

闘たたかう

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

1

貧ひんする

to become poor; to be poor

1

鈍にぶい

dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

1

結けっ束そく

union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)

1

互たがい

each other; one another

2

励はげます

to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)

1

見み出いだす

to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)

1

手て紙がみ

letter; missive; note; mail

2

著ちょ者しゃ

author (usu. of a particular book); writer

2

人にん気きを集あつめる

to gain popularity

1

発はっ表ぴょう

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

4

コオロギ

cricket (Gryllidae spp.); (arch.) any insect that chirps in autumn

2

戦たたかい

battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

2

取とり憑つく

to take hold of; to possess; to haunt

2

キャロル

carol

3

五ご作さく

Gosaku

1

表ひょう題だい

title; index; heading; headline; caption

1

集しゅう成せい

aggregation

2

人にん情じょう

humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners

1

家か庭てい

home; family; household

1

一いっ貫かん

consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi

1

主しゅ題だい

subject; theme; motif

2

自じ伝でん

autobiography

3

的てき

-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

2

要よう素そ

component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)

1

多おおい

many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

1

親したしむ

to be intimate with; to befriend

2

デヴィッド

David

3

素そ材ざい

ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic

1

全ぜん編ぺん

whole book (volume); complete episode

1

手てに取とる

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

1

根ねづく

to take root; to strike

1

団だん欒らん

sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony

1

イメージ

image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition

1

創そう始し

creation; founding; initiating

1

サンタクロース

Santa Claus

3

同どう一いつ視し

viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification

1

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Vocabulary list: A Christmas Carol