vocab pt. 1 from 君たちはどう生きるか(漫画)
i've started reading the manga version of 君たちはどう生きるか (adapted by 羽賀翔一), and while i've read the novel in english this is my first time trying the work in japanese! you know what that means—time for vocab lists!!
nouns:
豪傑(ごうけつ) = hero, great man
雨粒(あまつぶ) = raindrop
事柄(ことがら) = matter, thing, affair
牢屋(ろうや) = jail, jailhouse
観察(かんさつ) = observation, watching
八百屋(やおや) = greengrocer
損得(そんとく) = loss and gain, advantage and disadvantage
真相(しんそう) = truth, truth of the matter
常識(じょうしき) = common sense
失業(しつぎょう) = unemployment; becoming unemployed
興奮(こうふん) = excitement
値打ち(ねうち) = value, worth, merit
verbs:
書き留める(かきとめる) = to write down, record, make a note of
唱える(となえる) = to advocate, preach
悩ます(なやます) = to afflict, torment
威張る(いばる) = to put on airs, be arrogant, brag
ひっくり返す(かえす) = to turn over, knock over; to overturn (e.g., a decision)
ついて回る(まわる) = to follow around, cling to
落ち入る(おちいる) = to fall into (e.g., hole; chaos, depression; a trap)
かぶりつく = to bite into; to cling to, hold onto
乗っかる(のっかる) = to get on, climb on
ひねくれる = to become distorted; to sulk, grow bitter
言い置く(いいおく) = to leave word, leave a message
畳み込む(たたみこむ) = to bear deep in mind
接する(せっする) = to touch, adjoin; to encounter, come across
教え込む(おしえこむ) = to teach thoroughly, instill into
adjectives:
さんざんな = severe, harsh
まれな = rare, seldom
手前勝手(てまえがって) = self-centered, selfish
差し支えない(さしつかえない) = having no objection, allowable
勇ましい(いさましい) = brave, gallant, courageous
姑息(こそく)な = underhanded, unfair
やりきれない = unable to finish (on time); unbearable, intolerable
卑劣(ひれつ)な = mean, contemptible, cowardly
adverbs/onomatopoeiae:
いっぺんに = all at once, in one go; right away
手(て)ぶらで = empty-handed
こっそり = secretly, stealthily
いかに = how; how much
うっかる = carelessly, inadvertently
殊(こと)に = especially, particularly
一向(いっこう) = completely, absolutely; not at all
仮(かり)に = supposing, for argument's sake; temporarily
どうしたって = by all means, no matter what
到底(とうてい) = cannot possibly, not by any means
無論(むろん) = of course, naturally
expressions:
薄気味(うすきみ)の悪い(わるい) = eerie, spooky
多かれ少なかれ(おおかれすくなかれ) = more or less
肩(かた)を持つ(もつ) = to side with, support
はたから = from outside
人知れず(ひとしれず) = secretly, in private
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