Chuushingura - Volume 4 – Vocabulary list

煤すす

soot

2

ひっそり

quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

1

商しょう家か

merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family

2

鳶とびの者もの

firefighter (Edo period); construction worker; scaffolding builder

1

祝しゅう儀ぎ

celebration; celebratory event; congratulatory gift; tip; gratuity

1

酒しゅ肴こう

food and (alcoholic) drinks; food eaten with an alcoholic drink; accompaniment to a drink

1

年ねん末まつ

end-of-year; year-end

2

大おお掃そう除じ

major cleanup; spring cleaning

1

各おのおの

each; (arch.) you (plural)

1

威い勢せい

power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour

1

デモンストレーション

demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; exhibition game; exhibition match

1

恒こう例れい

established practice; custom

1

儀ぎ式しき

ceremony; rite; ritual; service

2

忙せわしい

busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety

1

大お人とな

adult; grown-up

1

子こ供どもたち

children; kids

4

門かど口ぐち

door; entrance; gateway

1

日にっ数すう

number of days

1

指ゆび折おり数かぞえる

to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to

1

早そう々そう

as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly

1

凧たこ

kite

1

男おとこの子こ

boy; son; baby boy; young man

1

競きそう

to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

1

手てまり

traditional Japanese handball (game)

1

羽は子ご板いた

battledore (early form of badminton racket)

1

女おんなの子こ

girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman

1

持もち出だす

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

1

電でん線せん

electric line; electric cable; power cable; telephone line; telegraph wire

1

遊あそび場ば

playground; play space

2

大おお通どおり

main street; avenue; boulevard

1

大だい八はち車ぐるま

large two-wheeled wagon

1

馬うま

horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)

3

光こう景けい

scene; spectacle; sight; view

2

重かさね合あわせる

to overlap

1

寒さむい

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

4

夕ゆう餉げ

evening meal; supper; dinner

1

屯たむろ

gathering; place where people gather; (arch.) police station; (arch.) camp; (arch.) barracks

1

輪りん郭かく

contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features

2

風ふう物ぶつ

natural features; scenery; things particular to a certain region or season; characteristic scenery and customs; scenes and manners

1

時じ間かん帯たい

period of time; time slot; time zone

1

武ぶ家け屋や敷しき

samurai residence

2

下げ城じょう

withdrawing from a castle

1

商あきない

trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings

2

一つい日たち

first day of the month; the first of the month

1

永なが井い

Nagai

1

伊い賀が

Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)

1

野や

plain; field; being outside the government; non-governmental sphere; private sector

1

栃とち木ぎ県けん

Tochigi Prefecture (Kanto area)

1

烏からす

crow (Corvus spp.); raven

1

万まん

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

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Vocabulary list: Chuushingura - Volume 4