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Level 1 Jukugo (Part 6)

1 – 骨骼 – kokkaku – skeleton, frame, physique

2 – 忽焉 – kotsuen – sudden, unexpected

3 – 兀然 – kotsuzen – towering, standing motionlessly

4 – 兀立 – kotsuritsu – towering, standing motionlessly

5 – 蠱毒 – kodoku – poisoning someone

6 – 琥珀 – kohaku – amber

7 – 顧眄 – koben – turning around to look

8 – 葫蘆 – koro – calabash

9 – 胡籙 – koroku / yanagui – quiver

Arrows and quiver, Ainu people, Japan, Exhibit in Ethnografiska museet, Stockholm, Sweden. Photo – Daderot

10 – 蠱惑 – kowaku – fascination, glamour, seduction

11 – 渾淆 – konkou – mixing together

12 – 滾々 – konkon – flowing

13 – 渾身 – konshin – using one’s whole body, using one’s whole energy

14 – 今茲 – konji – this current year

15 – 渾然 – konzen – entire

16 – 困憊 – konpai – exhaustion

17 – 諢名 – konmei, adana – nickname

18 – 困阨 – konyaku – distress, disaster

19 – 袞竜 – konryou – imperial robes

20 – 很戻 – konrei – acting contrary to reason, ruthless defiance, violation of morality, reason or justice

21 – 焜炉 – konro – cooking stove, burner (gas, electric, etc.), cooktop

22 – 茣蓙 – goza – a rush mat

23 – 号哭 – goukoku – wailing

24 – 合祀 – goushi -enshrining together

25 – 盒子 – goushi – small lidded vessel (often containing incense, medicine, etc.)

26 – 豪奢 – gousha – luxurious

27 – 剛愎 – goufuku – obstinacy

28 – 豪邁 – goumai – indomitable

29 – 毫末 – goumatsu – minute amount

30 – 毫厘 – gouri – very small quantity

31 – 毫釐 – gouri – very small quantity

32 – 五蘊 – goun – the five skandhas (matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness), the five aggregates

33 – 冴寒 – gokan – extreme cold

34 – 御諚 – gojyou – lord’s command

35 – 寤寐 – gobi – being asleep and awake

36 – 鰓蓋 – saigai / erabuta – gill cover

37 – 猜忌 – saiki – envy

38 – 細謹 – saikin – slight flaw

39 – 猜疑 – saigi – suspicion, jealousy

40 – 賽銭 – saisen – monetary offering

41 – 洒掃 – saisou – scrub with water

42 – 灑掃 – saisou – scrub with water

43 – 臍帯 – saitai – umbilical cord

44 – 儕輩 – saihai / seihai – comrades

45 – 鰓裂 – sairetsu – gill slit

46 – 豺狼 – sairou – wolf

47 – 鑿岩機 – sakuganki – rock drill, jackhammer

48 – 鑿井 – sakusei – well drilling

49 – 索寞 – sakubaku – desolate

50 – 炸薬 – sakuyaku – explosives

51 – 蹉跎 – sata / sada – misfortune, hardship

52 – 左袒 – satan – friendship, allegiance

53 – 箚青 – sassei – tattoo

54 – 颯爽 – sassou – gallant, dashing

55 – 殺戮 – satsuriku – massacre

56 – 瑣末 – samatsu – trivial

57 – 蓑笠 – saryuu / minokasa – sedge hat and straw rain cape

Straw rain coat. Photo – Nasnad

58 – 山窩 – sanka – group of Japanese mountain nomads

59 – 懺悔 – sange / zange – repentance, confession, penitence

60 – 三鈷 – sanko – trident vajra

Five-pronged Vajra Pestle, Heian Period – Cleveland Museum of Art

61 – 山塞 – sansai – mountain stronghold, den of mountain bandits

62 – 刪修 – sanshuu – revision

63 – 芟除 – sanjyo – cutting away

64 – 潸然 – sanzen – tearfully

65 – 簒奪 – sandatsu – usurpation

66 – 霰弾 – sandan – buckshot

67 – 山巓 – santen – summit of mountain

68 – 燦爛 – sanran – bright

69 – 斬奸 – zankan – killing a villain (with a sword or dagger etc)

70 – 斬奸状 -zankanjyou – letter explaining the reasons for cutting down an alleged villain

71 – 巉巌 – zangan – near-vertical cliff

72 – 慙愧 – zanki – feeling of shame

73 – 讒言 – zangen – slander, defamation

74 – 残滓 – zanshi – remains, dregs

75 – 嶄絶 – zanzetsu – sheer, precipitous

76 – 竄匿 – zantoku – diving under cover and hiding

77 – 讒誣 – zanbu – slander

78 – 讒謗 – zanbou – slander, defamation

79 – 尸位 – shii – neglecting duties while taking pay

80 – 恣意 – shii – arbitrariness, self-will, whim

81 – 肆意 – shii – arbitrariness, self-will, whim

82 – 緇衣 – shie – priest’s black robe

83 – 疵瑕 – shika -flaw

84 – 屍諌 – shikan – admonishing (one’s master) at the cost of one’s life

85 – 祗候 – shikou – waiting upon someone

86 – 篩骨 – shikotsu – ethmoid bone (of the skull)

87 – 趾骨 – shikotsu – phalanx (of the foot)

88 – 諡号 – shigou -posthumous name

89 – 市肆 – shishi – a store

90 – 嗤笑 – shishou – sneer

91 – 咨詢 – shijyun – inquiry

92 – 熾盛 – shijou – vigor (like leaping flames)

93 – 咫尺 – shiseki -very short distance

94 – 緇素 – shiso – priests and laymen

95 – 使嗾 – shisou – instigation

96 – 紫闥 – shitatsu – gate of the imperial palace

97 – 輜重 – shichou – military supplies

98 – 桎梏 – shikkoku – fetters

Japanese wooden fetters. Photo – Asanagi

99 – 叱咤 – shitta – scolding

100 – 室韋 – shitsui – Shiwei (Mongolic tribe)

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