Genji Monogatari Flashcards
つれづれ
boredom, free time
いたし
extreme
霞む(かすむ)
to be misty
紛る(まぎる)
to hide in, to go under cover
たちいづ(立ち出づ)
to stand and leave, depart
帰す(かえす)
to make someone return
のぞく
to peep (through a hole or slit)
にしおもて(西面)
west side of a building, western room
すう
to place, leave as an offering
行ふ(おこなふ)
to follow the Buddhist path, engage in religious devotion
うつくしげ(美しげ)
adorable-looking, cute-looking
削ぐ(そぐ)
to cut or trim
末(すえ)
tip, end
こよなし
superior, very good
今めかし(いまめかし)
up-to-date, fashionable
あはれ
deeply moving, affecting
清げ(きよげ)
trim and attractive, neat
さては
and then, in addition
わらはべ
child
衣
dress robe
経
sutra
悩ましげ(なやましげ)
sickly, in poor health
直人(ただひと)
ordinary perosn
あて
elegant person
ふくらか
chubby, plumb, full
女子(をんなご)
young girl (Murasaki)
生ひ先(おひさき)
future
扇(あふぎ)
fan
ゆらゆらと
waving or moving gently in the air
腹立つ(はらだつ)
to fight
見上ぐ(みあぐ)
to look up
覚ゆ(おぼゆ)
to resemble
逃がす(にがす)
to release
込む(こむ)
to place inside, shut up
心なし
thoughtless, careless
心づきなし
disagreeable, unpleasant
いづ方
which direction
やうやう
finally
みつく(見付く)
to discover
ゆるるか(緩るか)
to lose
目安し(めたすし)
pleasant
乳母(めのと)
wet nurse
いふかになし
beneath mention, childish silly
おのが
I, myself
慕ふ
to think fondly of, long for
心憂し(こころうし)
unpleasant, distasteful
うらだけ
seemingly adorable, cute
ゆかし
interesting, attractive
めとまる(目止まる)
to catch one’s eye
さるは(然るは)
furthermore
まもる(守る)
to stare at
うるさし(煩し)
bothersome, troubling, annoying
はかなし(果無し)
unreliable
うしろめたし
worrisome, anxiety-producing
斯ばかり
this much, so
殿(との)
lord, master, here, the father of Murasaki’s dead mom
おのれ
first person pron. Humble
すずろ
appearance of things happening without reason or aim, somehow or another
さすが
even so, nevertheless
うちまもる
to gaze intently at
うつぶす
to face down, look down
つやつやと
glossily, lustrously
生ひ立つ
to grow mature, develop
若草(わかくさ)
newly budding grass in spring, metaphor for young girl
ありか
place or location
露(つゆ)
dew
はつ草(はつくさ)
first grass of early spring, metaphor for children
あなた
on the far side, other side, over there
こなた
here, over here
あらは
totally exposed
はし
veranda, porch
しのぶ
to be in hiding, seclusion
よぶらひ
visit, call
ののしる
to make a commotion
好き者
a person of amorous disposition, playboy
聞きつく
to hear, overhear
法師(ほふし)
priest
憂へ(うれへ)
sorrow, troubles, concerns
齢へ(よはへ)
lifetime, lifespan
のぶ
to lengthen
ありき
going out, walking around
さり
to be that way, be thus
たまさか
by chance, by happenstance
思ひの外(おもひのほか)
unexpected, surprising
さても
even so
何人
what person, what kind of person
かはり
replacement, substitute
心に付く(こころにつく)
to take a liking to