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Question		Answer
親添ひ下り start learning		A parent accompanying a priestess down [to Ise]
見放ちがたき start learning		Difficult to leave unattended
ことつけて start learning		To use as an excuse
うき世を行き離れむ start learning		To leave this unhappy world; "to put her troubled life behind her". Ukiyo should come across as bad.
大将の君 start learning		Genji
さすがに start learning		After all; really did [want to leave]; still; all the same
口惜しく思されて start learning		Found it regrettable, was sorry, was disappointed
ご消息ばかりあはれなるさま... start learning		Moving letters
...あいなしと心強く思すなるべし。 start learning		... she must've thought firmly to herself; No doubt she thought firmly... (べし presumptive)
...おりおりあれど start learning		Now and again [she went home; she went to her original residence]
あからさまに start learning		Briefly; for a time
え知りたまはず start learning		So that [Genji] would not know about it. (え＝得, precedes main verb)
たはやすく御心にまかせて start learning		[Visit as] casually/freely as he (Genji) wanted
おぼつかなくて start learning		Uneasily
院の上 start learning		The Retired Emperor (Genji's father)
おどろおどろしき start learning		Alarming (illness)
いとど start learning		More and more
人聞き start learning		Reputation
むげに今日明日と思す start learning		... thinking she would set off today or tomorrow. (mugeni appears to suggest that this is extremely soon/sudden)
心あわたたしき start learning		Apprehensive, under great tension, had a lot to occupy her
いでやとは思しわづらひ she agonized over what to do; she was in a troubled by her uncertainty over what to do start learning		lit: Thinking of the uncertainty, she was ill
いとあまり埋れいたきを start learning		She worried that people might think her overly reclusive; to refuse him might be too overly reserved; she did not want to seem like a complete recluse
物越し start learning		A screen; something between them
待ちきこえる start learning		To anticipate; to await; to look forward to
はるけき野辺 start learning		Vast fields; vast expanse of the moor
ものあわれ start learning		Melancholy; poignant
おとろへつつ start learning		Dying [autumn flowers]
浅茅（あさぢ） start learning		Cogon grasses
かれがれなる start learning		Coarse (This may refer to both insects and the grasses, so "withered" works for latter)
すごく吹き... start learning		Blowing/Whistling bleakly
絶え絶え聞えたる start learning		Faintly
物の音 start learning		The sound of instruments
そのこととも聞きわかれぬ start learning		He could not make out the song; He could not clearly distinguish it; He could not say what the music was
いと艶なり start learning		Very intriguing; Very charming; An intensely eloquent beauty
睦ましき御前 start learning		Close retainers; Trusted out-runners
御随身（みずいじん）ことごとしき姿ならで start learning		Honour guard dressed modestly; Honour guard dressed in a subdued fashion
ひきつくろひたまへる御用意 start learning		His appearance which he had taken great pains to prepare; He had dressed with great care
所がらさへ身にしみて思へり。 start learning		The place itself affected them deeply; [They] found even the setting itself quite moving
などて...かどうして...か start learning		[Why he had not been a frequent visitor to these parts]
ものはかなげなる小柴垣 start learning		Within a frail, Small brushwood fence; A low feeble-looking brushwood fence enclosed...
板屋（いたや） start learning		Shingle-roofed house; Board-roofed buildings
あたりあたり start learning		Here and there; Scattered
かりそめなめり start learning		Rather temporary; Lightly built; Insubstantial (the shrine would soon be rebuilt)
神々しい（こうごうしい） start learning		grand and awesome; holy awe
黒木 start learning		Unfinished logs; Unbarked wood
わづらはしき start learning		Solemn, Imposing; Forbidding
ここかしこ start learning		Here and there
神官（かむづかき） start learning		Priests
うちしはぶき start learning		Clearing one's throat
ほかにはさま変わりて見ゆ。 start learning		The scene appeared unlike any other; Gave the place an air of its own; The place seemed unique
火焼屋（ひたきや）かすやかに光て start learning		The fire lodge glowed dimly; The fire lodge shone faintly
しめじめ start learning		Quiet; Subdued; Gloomy
もの思はしき人 start learning		A person full of care; A person deep in sorrow; Someone with many troubles
いといみじうあはれに心苦し。 start learning		It weighed on his mind greatly in sympathy; It moved him to keen sympathy; He was overcome with painful emotion
さるべき所 start learning		A suitable place
ご消息聞こえたまふ start learning		He sent in word of his arrival; He announced his visit
遊びはみなやめて start learning		The music stopped (遊び in classical is extremely vague. Can also mean to come and go)
心にくしきけはひあまた聞ゆ。 start learning		One could hear promising signs of movement from within; Many promising signs could be heard
何くれの...御消息 start learning		Messages about this and that; Mere commonplaces; Messages about one thing and another
人づて start learning		[Through] an intermediary; A go-between
いとものしと思して start learning		She was not pleased; She felt uncomfortable (because lack of honourific, it's her not genji feeling like this)
つきなき start learning		Inappropriate
注連（しめ） start learning		The sacred rope
いぶせうはべることをあきらめはベリにしがな。 start learning		I want to make my innermost pent up thoughts clear to you; I want to tell you everything, all my sorrows and worries (いぶさし〜がな desiderative)
まめやかに start learning		Earnestly; Sincerely
げに start learning		Indeed
かたはらいたう start learning		Unbearable; Heart-wrenching
ほしう start learning		Pitiful
あつかいきこゆ start learning		The attendants gossiped; Said the women; The women interceded
いさや start learning		What to do?
若々しう start learning		Childish
かの思さむ start learning		He will think
出でゐんが start learning		To receive [him]; To face [him]
つつましきこと start learning		Undignified; Embarrassing
いとものうけれど start learning		Very miserable; A great bother
情けなうもてさむ start learning		To treat him harshly; To treat him coldly
たけからねば start learning		Since she lacked the resolve; Since she didn't have the courage
とかく嘆きやすらひて start learning		Sighing and hesitating every which way; She sighed and hesitated and hesitated again
御けはひいと心にくし start learning		Giving an elegant impression; It was with great excitement that he heard her come forward
簀子（すのこ） start learning		Veranda
はなやかに start learning		Brilliant; Spectacular; Gorgeous [moonlight]
夕月夜（ゆうづくよ） start learning		Moonlight
うちふるまひ start learning		His movements; His figure; The way he moved about
にほひ start learning		Charm; Grace [of his movements]
月ごろの積もり start learning		The number of months passed; The weeks of neglect; His long silence
つきづきしう start learning		Plausibly; Fluently; Appropriately
まばゆき embarrassing (dazzling) start learning		Blinking embarrassing (dazzling)
いささか折りて start learning		Broke off a small branch/bit [of the sakaki tree]
しるべ start learning		A guide
斎垣 start learning		The sacred fence; Holy boundary
さも start learning		And yet; Yet now; But still
しるし start learning		Beckoning; Welcoming; Guiding [cedars]
まがえて start learning		Mistakenly [pick/break off the sakaki branch]. 紛え
少女子（おどめご） start learning		Shrine maidens; Holy maidens
とめ start learning		To seek out; to follow (MZK of 尋む)
おほかたのけはひわづらはしけれど start learning		Although the general atmosphere was daunting; Despite the daunting character of the surroundings; Though the scene did not encourage familiarity
御簾（みす） start learning		The blinds
はいき着て start learning		Drew back [the blinds] over his head; Came in halfway under [the blind]
長押（なげし） start learning		The threshold beam; The lintel that bounded the room; The raised threshold
おしかかり start learning		To lean on

Genji Classical Japanese Vocab

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