General Classical Japanese Texts Vocab

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まらうど
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A guest
心はづかしき人
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Someone around whom you feel you must be restrained
きしきし
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Grating sound
にはかに
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Suddenly
もとむる
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To send for, To request [a person]
験者
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A monk, An exorcist, An asetic
例ある所
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His usual place
加持(かぢ)
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[Exorcism] rites, Incantations
物の怪
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Evil spirits
なでふことなし
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Nothing important to say
ゑがち
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Smiling, Beaming smile
言いひたる
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Continue talking [incessantly]
炭櫃
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Fire pit
火桶
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Brazier
あぶる
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To warm [yourself]
老ばむ
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To grow old
もたぐ
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To put up, To raise
押しすり
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To rub together
すらめ
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It seems
人のもと
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Someone's house
扇ちらす
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To sweep away
狩衣
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Hunting robe, Hunting costume
巻き入れる
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To tuck in
いふかいなき者
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Unspeakably lowly types, People not worth mentioning, Those of low social status
きは
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The confines of, Limited to
式部の大夫
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Commissioner of Ceremonies (?)
あめき
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To shout
口をさぐり
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Feel around their mouths
撫でる
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To stroke [a beard, chin etc]
いみじう
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Terribly, Extremely
こと人
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Another person, Each other
身ぶるひ
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Swaying
口わきをさへ引き垂れて
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Even pulling down the corners of their mouths (in grimace?)
「こう殿にまゐりて」
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"Off to See the Lord", "Off to See the Governor" (nursery rhyme)
心づきなし
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Off-putting, Unappealing
身の上
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Circumstances, One's lot
つゆ塵の事
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Trivial little things
ゆかしがり
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To want to ask, To want to know
怨(ゑん)じそしり
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Begrudging, Being bitter, Being venomous
さめき鳴き
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Noisily cawing
飛びちがひ
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Flying in different directions, Flying about chaotically
ほゆる
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To bark
あながちなる所
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Unsuitable place
長鳥帽子(ながえぼうし)
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A tall laquered cap.
人に見えじ
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Intending not to be seen
とまどひ入る
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Comes in in confusion, Enters in a fluster, Scuttles in
そよろと
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With a bump, With a rustle
伊予簾 (いよす)
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Rough reed blind, Iyo blind
うらかづきて
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Come through under it, Pass under it
さらさら
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Scratchy, Rustling
帽額の簾
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Fine reed blind
こはじ
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The weights [hanging from a blind]
まして
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Roughly
いとしるし
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Very distinct, Very clear
やをら
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Carefully, Slowly, Gently
遣戸(やりど)
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Wooden sliding door
あやし
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Very strange, Quite ridiculous
たぐる
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To lift
あくる
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To open
鳴りやはする
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Surely it won't make that sound; Does it make that sound?
あしうあくれば
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To open [doors] clumsily
こほめかしうほとめくる
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To make a distinct rattling sound
障子
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Paper sliding screen
わびしげに
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Painfully, reedily (?)
身のほど
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Tiny [the size of the mosquito's body]
きしめく車
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Squeaky carts
さし出でして
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Butts in
さいまくる
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To jump ahead [to the ending of a story]
あからさまに来る
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Come on a passing visit, Visit briefly
見入れらうたがり
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Made a fuss over
調度(てうど)うち散らし
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Knocking the furniture over
会はでありなむと思う人
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Somebody you'd rather not see
空寝
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Pretending to be asleep
わがもとにある者
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Somebody waiting on you, A maid, A member of the household
いぎたなし思ひ顔に
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With a look as though they're disapproving of your having dozed off, Suggesting they think you're lazy
引きゆるがし
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To shake [you awake]
今まゐりの
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Newcomer, Someone who has just arrived
うしろ見たる
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Looking down on people
さし越え
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Pushes in, Jumps in, Starts interfering
わが知る人
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A man you're seeing, A man you're in a relationship with
はやう見し女
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A woman he used to see, A woman he saw before you
経たること
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A thing of the past, The incident in the past
さしもあらぬなどもありかし
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There are also times when this is not the case
思ひやらるれ
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Imagine!, One can't help but imagine
さし当たり
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Happening now
誦文(ずもん)
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Saying something auspicious; Blessing oneself [after a sneeze]
男主(をとこしゆう)
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Head of a household
蚤(のみ)
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Flea
もたぐる
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To raise up, To lift up [trans]
犬のもろ声
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A chorus of dogs
まがまがしき
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Ominous, Foreboding
たてぬ人
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Those who don't close [a door]

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