Amaterasu no Angou – Vocabulary list

つつ

while; even though; despite

2

何なにはさておき

before anything else; first of all

1

良りょう策さく

good plan or policy

1

返へん信しん

reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer

1

長ちょう期き

long-term

1

後あと片かたづけ

tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order

1

書しょ類るい

document; official papers

1

ゴミ箱ばこ

garbage can; rubbish bin; trash can; dustbin

1

放ほうる

to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone

1

何なにやら

something; some kind of; for some reason

1

心しん外がい

regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected

1

最さい後ごまで

to the end; to the last

1

ミスリード

misleading

2

筋すじ違ちがい

cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable

1

不ふ備び

defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste

1

しぶとい

tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn

1

端は折しょる

to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short

2

寝ねつく

to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed

1

私わたしなり

(in) my own way

1

切きり貼ばり

patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); cut and paste

1

ぱたん

with a snap; with a bang; with a plonk; suddenly; all of a sudden

1

この場ば合あい

in this case

1

乾けん坤こん一いっ擲てき

stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task

2

執しつ務む室しつ

office (e.g. the Oval Office)

1

石せき像ぞう

stone statue

1

ギロギロ

glaringly (staring)

1

覚かく悟ご

readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

1

明あきらかにする

to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public

1

弁べん明めい

explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology

1

余よ地ち

place; room; margin; scope

1

空から振ぶり

striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt

1

逃にげ口こう上じょう

excuse; evasion; dodge; subterfuge; evasive answer

1

切きり口くち

cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach

2

踏ふみ台だい

stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone

1

勝かち目めはない

to have no chance (of succeeding)

1

運うん命めい

fate; destiny; lot

1

ジョーカー

joker

1

小しょう心しん者もの

timid person; coward

1

やり方かた

way (of doing); manner; method; means

2

収しゅう賄わい

accepting bribes; corruption; graft

1

おち

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

1

見み放はなす

to abandon; to give up on; to desert

1

上じょう司し

(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups

1

担たん当とう

being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)

2

畢ひっ竟きょう

after all

1

軽けい快かい

light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms

2

手てに取とる

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

2

処しょ女じょ

virgin; maiden

2

斎さい宮ぐう

the ancient imperial princesses serving at the Ise shrine

1

結ゆう

to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten

1

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Vocabulary list: Amaterasu no Angou