6. Uchū-setsu - Takei Takeo (1942) Flashcards
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豐葦原瑞穗國
とよあしはらのみずほのくに
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“country of bountiful reed planes and lush ears of rice”
Toyoashihara = “Abundant reed plains”
Mizuho-no-kuni = “Country of Lush Ears (of Rice)”
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三脚の靈鳥
さんきゃくのれいちょう
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sacred three-legged bird
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八咫烏
やたがらす
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Yatagarasu; the mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition
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以て
もって
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- with; by; by means of [usu. をもって]
- because of; on account of; for; due to [usu. をもって]
- on (a day, date); at (a time); as of (e.g. today) [usu. をもって]
- emphasises previous word
- in addition (to being); moreover; as well as; and [usu. でもって]
- therefore; and so; hence
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Q
太陽
たいよう
A
the sun
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象徴
しょうちょう
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symbol; emblem
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由
よし
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- reason; significance; cause
- piece of information that one has heard; I hear that …; it is said that …
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傳へる
つたえる
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to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath
伝える
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太古
たいこ
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primeval; primitive; ancient
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天を仰ぐ
てんをあおぐ
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to look up at the heavens
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黑點
こくてん
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sunspot; dark spot (on the sun)
黒点
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測る
はかる
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- to measure; to survey
- to surmise; to conjecture
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異名
いみょう
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another name; nickname; alias
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太陰
たいいん
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the Moon; the greater yin (yin-yang); lunar
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兎
うさぎ
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rabbit
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天地
てんち・あめつち
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the heavens and earth; Heaven and earth
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創業の神話
そうぎょうのしんわ
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foundation myths
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構造
こうぞう
A
structure
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説をなす
せつをなす
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to explain
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甚だ乏しい
はなはだ とぼしい
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incredibly poor; very few; scant
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纔かに
わずかに
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- slightly; a little
- barely; narrowly
- only; just; merely
僅かに
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天文
てんもん
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Astronomy
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望見〈する〉
ぼうけん
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watching from afar
[transitive]
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先哲
せんてつ
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ancient wise men
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**驚異**
| きょうい
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
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**埃及**
Egypt
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**紀元前**
| きげんぜん
pre-era; BC; BCE
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**蓋**
| ふた
lid; cover; cap
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**内側**
| うちがわ・ないそく
interior; insides; inner part
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**外側**
| そとがわ・がいそく
exterior; outside; external
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**灯**（し）
| ひ・ともし・あかし
light; lamp
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**鏤める**
| ちりばめる
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
| 散りばめる
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**紐**
| ひも
string; cord
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**吊す**
| つるす
to hang; to hang up
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[transitive]
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**大河**
| たいが
great river
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**貫く**
| つらぬく
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through
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[transitive]
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**支流**
| しりゅう
tributary; branch
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**晝**
| ひる
noon
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**次第に**
| しだいに
gradually; bit by bit; by degrees
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**潜る**
| くぐる
* to pass under; to go through
* to evade capture
* to dive under water
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[intransitive]
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**航行**〈する〉
| こうこう
cruise; navigation; sailing
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[intransitive]
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**青白い**
| あおじろい
pale; pallid; bluish white
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**痩せ細る**
| やせほそる
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
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**月食**
| げっしょく
lunar eclipse
| 月蝕
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**日食**
| にっしょく
solar eclipse
| 日蝕
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**お椀**
| おわん
bowl
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**お蔭**
| おかげ
* thanks to
* assistance; aid
* divine grace; benevolence; blessing
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**蒙る**
| こうむる
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
| 被る
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**隆起**〈する〉
| りゅうき
* a protuberance; an upheaval; bulge; protrusion; projection; swell
* rise; uplift; upheaval; elevation
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[intransitive]
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**高峰**
| こうほう
high peak
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**内部**
| ないぶ
internal; inside
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**外部**
| がいぶ
outside; external
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**空虚**
| くうきょ
- emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; void
- inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
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**天翔る**
| あまがける
to soar (esp. of spirits and gods), across the sky etc.
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**印度**
India
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**槪ね**
| おおむね
* in general; generally; mostly; roughly; largely; mainly; on the whole; by and large
* the gist; the main point
| 概ね
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**短見**
| たんけん
narrow view
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**我等**
| われら
we; us
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**大地**
| だいち
the ground; the earth
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**円形**
| えんけい
circular; a round shape
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**古代**
| こだい
ancient times; antiquity
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**星辰**
| せいしん
celestial bodies; the moon and stars
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**祈︀禱**〈する〉
| きとう
prayers; hymns; (a) grace
| 祈祷
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[intransitive]
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**繙く**
| ひもとく
- to read (a book); to open (a book) to read
- to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
| 紐解く
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**曙光**
| しょこう
- dawn; daybreak; first light of day
- first indication; first glimpse
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**暗黒**
| あんこく
darkness
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**打ち勝つ**
| うちかつ
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to out-hit; to overcome a difficulty
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[intransitive]
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**原始民族**
| げんしみんぞく
early peoples; primitive peoples
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**一様**
| いちよう
uniform; equal; even; the same; identical; common; ordinary; usual
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遁れる
| のがれる
to escape
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[intransitive]
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**待ち侘びる**
| まちわびる
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
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[transitive]
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**大いなる**
| おおいなる
big; great; grand
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**希臘**
Greece
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**天体**
| てんたい
heavenly bodies; celestial bodies; astronomical objects
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**天文家**
| てんもんか
astronomer
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**操作**〈する〉
| そうさ
operation; management; handling
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[transitive]
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**諸々**
| もろもろ
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
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**日月星辰**
## Footnote
じつげつせいしん
the sun the moon and the stars; the heavenly bodies
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**運轉**〈する〉
| うんてん
- operation of a machine; running; working
- driving a vehicle
| 運転
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[transitive]
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**丸天井**
| まるてんじょう
arched ceiling; vaulted ceiling; domed ceiling; circular ceiling
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**突破**〈する〉
| とっぱ
* breaking through; breakthrough; penetration
* exceeding; passing; rising above
* overcoming; reaching (a goal); surmounting (a difficulty)
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[intransitive]
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**一寸**
| ちょっと
a little; a bit; slightly
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**驚天動地**
| きょうてんどうち
astounding; startling; world-shaking; amazing; earth-shattering
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**光景**
| こうけい
scene; spectacle; sight; view
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**球形**
| きゅうけい
globular/spherical shape
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**唱える**
| となえる
to yell; to cry out; to proclaim; to preach; to shout about
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**温床**
| おんしょう
hotbed; breeding ground
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**甲論乙駁**
| こうろんおつばく
arguments pro and con
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**極りない**
| きわまらない
* extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness)
* unparalleled; boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
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**繙く**
| ひもとく
**to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)**
| 紐解く
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**孔**
| あな
hole; opening; orifice; perforation; pit; hollow; cavity; gap
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**ちらちら**
catching glimpses intermittently; appearing and disappearing; falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; twinkling
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**漏れる**
| もれる
* to leak out; to escape; to come through; to shine through; to filter out
* to find expression
* to be omitted; to be left out
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**空虚**
| くうきょ
emptiness; void
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**一面**
| いちめん
* one side; one aspect
* the whole surface
* on the other hand
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**不断**
| ふだん
* constant; persistent; unremitting; ceaseless
* indecisiveness
* usual; normal; everyday; habitual; ordinary
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**同大**
| どうだい
something of the same size
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**煌めく**
| きらめく
to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint
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**稍**
| やや
a little; partially; somewhat; slightly; semi-; -ish; on the ... side; a short time; a while
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**直径**
| ちょっけい
diametre
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**凡そ**
| およそ
about; roughly; approximately; generally; on the whole; as a rule; completely; quite; entirely; altogether
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**當たる**
| あたる
to be equivalent to; to equate to; to apply to
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**往々にして**
| おうおうにして
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
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**塞がる**
| ふさがる
to be closed; to be blocked; to be healed (e.g. wound); to be shut up; to be clogged; to be occupied
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**規則正しい**
| きそくただしい
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
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詰まる（つまる）
to be plugged up; to be stuffed; to be full up; to shorten; to narrow; to end up; to be settled
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**現象**
| げんしょう
phenomena
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**天上**
| てんじょう
heaven
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**既存**〈する〉
| きそん
existing
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[intransitive]
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**地上**
| ちじょう
* above ground; on the ground; earth's surface
* this world
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**打ち上げる**
| うちあげる
to launch; to shoot up
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**円盤**
| えんばん
disk; discus
