Chuushingura - Volume 3 – Vocabulary list

遭そう遇ぐう

encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)

2

苦く難なん

suffering; distress; hardship; trial

1

目めを凝こらす

to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

1

横よこ丁ちょう

bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane

1

すいとる

to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)

3

文も字じ

letter (of alphabet); character; writing

1

浮うかす

to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet

1

横おう行こう

walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent

1

木こ枯がらし

cold wintry wind

2

吹ふき始はじめる

to begin to blow

1

夜よるの底そこ

dark of the night; darkness of the night

1

またたく

to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver

1

目めを留とめる

to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)

1

行あん燈どん

fixed paper-enclosed lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an (oil) lamp

1

少しょう女じょ

little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)

6

幼よう女じょ

little girl

1

寒さむい

cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

1

町まち角かど

street corner

1

すく

to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

3

遠とお目め

distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness

1

条じょう令れい

regulations; rules

1

食しょく

food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion

1

便たより

news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter

1

よか

than; other than; except; but

1

ねば

if not ...; unless ...

1

売うり

sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor

4

ならびに

and (also); both ... and; as well as

1

担になう

to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

1

すべからず

must not do; should not do; do not do

1

肆し

four

1

ひさぐ

to sell

1

目めを盗ぬすむ

to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)

1

文も字じ通どおり

literally; to the letter; literal

2

禁きん令れい

prohibition; ban; embargo

1

同おなじ年とし

same age

1

すい

lightly; nimbly

1

里さと方かた

wife's family

1

ください

please (give me); please (do for me)

1

貴き

your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)

8

棟むね割わり長なが屋や

terraced or partitioned housing structure

1

一いっ間けん

one ken; six feet

1

布ふ団とん

futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

1

膳ぜん

small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks

1

あるだけ

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

1

どん底ぞこ

very bottom; rock bottom

1

住じゅう居きょ

dwelling; house; residence; address

1

もろに

completely; all the way; altogether; bodily

1

仔し細さい

reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference

1

無む断だんで

without permission; without notice

1

九く一っぴん

scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu

1

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Vocabulary list: Chuushingura - Volume 3