Chuushingura - Volume 5 – Vocabulary list

half-moon; half a month; semicircle

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packed in; contained in; working at; assigned to; using ... alone (to make an argument, judgement, etc.); doing continuously

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保ほ存ぞん

preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)

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香か

smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume

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異い臭しゅう

offensive smell; bad smell; foul smell; stench

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悠ゆう長ちょう

leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing

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背そむける

to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)

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蓋ふた

cover; lid; cap

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病びょう死し

death from disease; death from illness

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認にん定てい

authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition

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取とり捨すてる

to throw away

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諏す訪わ本もと

Suwamoto

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陣じん

battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war

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宗しゅう派は

sect; denomination; school (e.g. of poetry)

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臨りん済ざい宗しゅう

Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism

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鷲わし

eagle (Accipitridae family)

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法ほっ華け

Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra

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運うん命めいの皮ひ肉にく

irony of fate; twist of fate

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検けん視し

examination of a body to determine if a crime has been committed; investigation (e.g. of a crime scene)

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土ど葬そう

burial; interment

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織お田だ信のぶ長なが

Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)

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攻せめ

attack; offence; top (dominant partner of a homosexual relationship); barrage (of); flood (of)

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本ほん陣じん

troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)

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二に週しゅう間かん

two weeks; fortnight

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引いん導どう

last words recited to the newly departed; requiem; converting people to Buddhism

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巌いわお

huge rock; massive boulder

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室しつ

room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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燈とう

light; lamp; counter for electric lights

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十じゅう数すう

ten-odd; a dozen or so

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亭てい々てい

lofty (tree)

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聳そびえる

to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar

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杉すぎ林ばやし

cryptomeria forest

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残ざん照しょう

afterglow

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たゆとう

to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate

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石せき塔とう

stone tower; stone pagoda; tombstone; gravestone

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自し然ぜん石せき

fieldstone

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建たてる

to build; to construct

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方ほう形けい

square

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台だい石いし

stone pedestal

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メートル

metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge

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墓ぼ碑ひ

gravestone; tombstone

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頂いただき

crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received

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稜りょう

edge; angle; ridge (e.g. of a mountain)

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割われ目め

crack; crevice; split; opening of the vagina; slit

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留とまる

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

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伺うかがいを立たてる

to ask for instructions; to ask for someone's opinion; to inquire of; to invoke an oracle; to consult an oracle

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奉ほう持じ

bearing; presenting; holding up (emperor's picture)

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不ふ遇ぐう

misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity

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星ほしの下もとに生うまれる

to be born under a (certain) star; to be born with a certain destiny; to be fated

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看み取とる

to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)

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Vocabulary list: Chuushingura - Volume 5