Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri – Vocabulary list

正しょう念ねん場ば

critical moment; do-or-die situation; critical juncture

2

壁かべに掛かける

to hang (something) on the wall

1

づけ

dated; date; date of effect (e.g. a rule change); fixed; external

1

一いっ睡すい

wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap

1

交こう代たい

change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift

1

早はや上あがり

finishing early (e.g. work, a game); entering elementary school a year earlier than others

1

泊とまり込こむ

to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)

1

お世せ辞じにも

by any standard; (not) even as flattery

2

同どう乗じょう者しゃ

fellow passenger

1

聞きき及およぶ

to hear of; to learn of

1

惰だ眠みんをむさぼる

to sleep all day; to idle away one's time; to loaf all day

1

こん睡すい状じょう態たい

comatose state

2

骨ほね折おり損ぞん

waste of labor or energy; waste of labour; vain effort

1

ハリウッドスター

Hollywood star

1

カーアクション

genre of action film or TV production with car chases or racing

1

ここに極きわまれり

has reached its limit (with this); has reached its peak (here)

1

まごうことなき

unmistakable; unquestionable; certain; evident

1

タブロイド紙し

tabloid (newspaper)

1

見み出だし

heading; headline; index; headword

1

痴ち情じょう

being struck mad by love; foolish passion; blind love; infatuation; jealousy

1

別わかれ話ばなし

talk about divorce or separation

2

無む理り心しん中じゅう

murder-suicide; forced double or multiple suicide

2

愛あい憎ぞう劇げき

love-hate relationships drama (movie, etc.)

1

文ぶん面めん

contents of a document (esp. of a letter)

2

克こく明めい

detailed; scrupulous; careful; (arch.) diligent; (arch.) honest; (arch.) upright

2

周しゅう到とう

careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous

2

下げ世せ話わ

common saying; everyday talk; common parlance; vulgar; lowbrow; indecent

1

社しゃ会かい的てき地ち位い

social status; social position; social standing

2

二に段だん構がまえ

keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation

1

暗あん殺さつ

assassination

2

泥どろ沼ぬま

bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio

1

存そん在ざい価か値ち

value to society; raison d'être; existence value

1

奸かん智ち

cunning; craft; wiles

1

たける

to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)

1

休きゅう息そく

rest; relief; relaxation

1

そういうことか

I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason

3

仇あだ討うち

vengeance; revenge; retaliation

2

物ぶっ質しつ的てき

material; physical

1

出で会あい

meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence

1

棒ぼうに振ふる

to waste; to sacrifice; to spoil; to ruin; to lose; to forfeit

1

手てを染そめる

to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)

3

物もの差さし

ruler; measure; measuring stick; standard; criterion; yardstick

1

センチメンタリズム

sentimentalism

1

温ぬるい

lukewarm; tepid; lenient

1

結けっ婚こん指ゆび輪わ

wedding ring; wedding band

2

既き婚こん

married

1

独どく身しん

unmarried; single

1

政せい経けい

politics and economics

1

サークル

group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)

1

学がっ科か

subject (of study); course of study; department (of a university)

1

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Vocabulary list: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri