Category Archives: 単語 Vocab

辞書から単語 – Words from the Dictionary – Part II

A few more words you may come across while reading:

絵本 えほん picture book
猪 いのしし, イノシシ wild boar
陸上自衛隊 りくじょうじえいたい Ground Self-Defense Forces (Defence)
相姦婚 そうかんこん marriage following adultery and a subsequent divorce
姦通 かんつう adultery
玉座 ぎょくざ throne
王座 おうざ throne
くたばれ drop dead!, go to hell!, f*** you!, shove it!
地獄 じごく hell
聖霊 せいれい the Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit
悟り, 覚り さとり comprehension, understanding, enlightenment, satori
無我 むが selflessness, self-effacement, self-renunciation, anatman (no-self, the Buddhist concept that in nothing does there exist an inherent self, soul, or ego)
場合 ばあい case, situation
洗う あらう to wash, to investigate
双葉, 二葉 ふたば bud, sprout
畑, 畠 はたけ, はた field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.), cultivated land, vegetable plot, kitchen garden, plantation, field (of specialization), sphere, area, womb, birth, birthplace
数日後 すうじつご several days later
畝, 畦 うね ridge (in field), row of raised earth when planting crops, rib (cloth, mountains, sea), cord (e.g. corduroy)
活躍 かつやく activity (esp. energetic), great efforts, conspicuous service, to flourish, to participate actively, to play an active role