Rui wa Tomo wo Yobu – Vocabulary list

変へん形けい

transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety

2

やって見みる

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

4

ぽよぽよ

soft; bouncy

6

手て本ほん

model; (good) example; exemplar; model handwriting; model drawing; copybook

1

芳ほう一いち

Houichi

2

帰き投とう

return to base (of soldiers, military aircraft, warships, etc.)

2

礼れい儀ぎ

manners; courtesy; etiquette

2

格かく別べつ

particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally

1

お家いえ芸げい

one's specialty; one's forte; specialty of a kabuki school

1

独ひとりぼっち

aloneness; loneliness; solitude

1

今いまさっき

just now; a moment ago

2

今いままでにも

up until now; as recently as the present

3

シャイ

shy

1

と言いうもの

something like ...; something called ...

1

サラダドレッシング

salad dressing

1

マーガリン

margarine

1

カット

cut; cutting; omission; cutting; haircut; (continuous) shot (in a film or TV show); illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.)

2

物もの足たりない

unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something

1

食しょく事じ制せい限げん

dietary restriction

1

ジョギング

jogging

1

忍しのぶ

to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand

2

ひし

sebum; sebaceous matter

1

一いっ首しゅ

one tanka; one poem

1

和わ歌か

waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

1

恋こい歌うた

love song; love poem

2

出しゅっ展てん

exhibit; display

1

現げん代だい語ご訳やく

modern translation; translation into modern language (of a classical text, e.g. The Tale of Genji)

1

古こ今きん和わ歌か集しゅう

Kokin Wakashū (Heian-period collection of poetry)

1

巻かん

volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

1

十じゅう一いち

eleven; 11; jack

1

繰くる

to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one

4

係かかり助じょ詞し

binding particle (e.g. "ha", "mo", "koso", "shika"); linking particle; connecting particle

1

已い然ぜん形けい

realis form (of verbs and adjectives in classical Japanese); perfective form

1

下したの名な前まえ

first name; given name

1

列れっ記き

list; enumeration

1

備び忘ぼう録ろく

notebook; memorandum; commonplace book

1

人ひと付づき合あい

socializing; getting on with people; personal relations

2

さも

really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way

2

かく言いう

in this way; along these lines; similarly

1

偉えらい人ひと

celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position

2

障しょう碍がい

obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race

1

そば屋や

soba restaurant

2

処どころ

restaurant; specialist

1

粘ねばり強づよい

tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky

1

老舗しにせ

long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop

1

出しゅつ没ぼつ

making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing

1

食しょく事じ時どき

mealtime

1

症しょう

illness; condition; -pathy

2

勝かっ手てにしろ

have it your way; to hell with you!; get rooted!; bugger you!

1

巻まき上あげる

to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)

3

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Vocabulary list: Rui wa Tomo wo Yobu