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Level 1 Jukugo (Part 16)

1 – 雍菜 – yousai – Japanese Watercress

2 – 夭死 – youshi – premature death

3 – 夭逝 – yousei – premature death

4 – 夭折 – yousetsu – premature death

5 – 癰疽 – youso – any serious skin eruption

6 – 瑶台 – youdai – fairyland, beautiful building ornamented with gems

7 – 蛹虫 – youchuu – pupa, chrysalis

8 – 窈窕 – youchou – slim and beautiful

9 – 膺懲 – youchou – punishment (of an enemy)

10 – 孕婦 – youfu – pregnant woman

11 – 傭聘 – youhei – employment

12 – 瓔珞 – youraku – personal ornament (adorned with gemstones and usually worn by the nobility in ancient India or adorning Buddhist statues)

13 – 揺籃 – youran – cradle

14 – 余蘊 – youn – inexhaustible supply

15 – 余殃 – yoou – trouble brought on by sins of forebears

16 – 弋人 – yokujin – hunter, archer

17 – 余燼 – yojin – embers

Photo – Jens Buurgaard Nielson

18 – 余喘 – yozen – lingering life, feeble existence, brink of ruin​

19 – 余瀝 – yoreki – lingering raindrops, remaining portion of a drink, favours

20 – 磊嵬 – raikai – heavy heart

21 – 来冦 – raikou – invasion

22 – 耒耜 – raishi – spade

23 – 雷霆 – raitei – thunder

24 – 癩病 – raibyou – leprosy

25 – 擂盆 – raibon – mortar (for grinding)

26 – 磊落 – rairaku – not being bothered by unimportant things

27 – 烙印 – rakuin – mark

28 – 絡繹 – rakueki – incessant (traffic)

29 – 駱駅 – rakueki – incessant (traffic)

30 – 酪漿 – rakushou – milk

31 – 落魄 – rakuhaku – being reduced to poverty

32 – 邏卒 – rasotsu – policeman (early Meiji era)

33 – 拉致 – rachi – kidnapping, abduction

34 – 埒外 – rachigai – out of bounds

35 – 埒内 – rachinai – within bounds

36 – 喇叭 – rappa – bugle

37 – 螺鈿 – raden – mother of pearl

Tray with paired dragons, Okinawa Main Island, second Shou dynasty, Ryukyu kingdom, 1700s-1800s AD, lacquered wood, mother-of-pearl inlay, Tokyo National Museum. Photo – Daderot

38 – 騾馬 – raba – mule

39 – 蘿蔔 – rafuku – daikon

40 – 喇嘛 – rama – lama (honorific title)

41 – 乱杙 – rangui – stakes planted on the ground or underwater at irregular angles and intervals (to obstruct the enemy)​

42 – 爛柯 – ranka – being so engrossed in go that one loses track of time

43 – 欄檻 – rankan – railing

44 – 欄干 – rankan – railing

45 – 濫觴 – ranshou – origin

46 – 嬾惰 – randa – laziness

47 – 爛漫 – ranman – in full bloom

48 – 鸞輿 – ranyo – imperial conveyance

49 – 襤褸 – ranru – tattered clothes

50 – 籬垣 – rien / masegaki – short roughly woven fence

51 – 罹患 – rikan – contraction of disease

52 – 戮力 – rikuryoku – combined forces

53 – 俚言 – rigen – dialect, colloquial language

54 – 悧口 – rikou – clever, obedient

55 – 罹災 – risai – suffering (from a calamity)

56 – 俚耳 – riji – the ears of the public

57 – 俚俗 – rizoku – vulgarity, rural customs

58 – 罹病 – ribyou – contraction of a disease

59 – 立纓 – ryuuei – erect tail (of a traditional Japanese hat)

60 – 榴散弾 – ryuusandan – shrapnel

61 – 流竄 – ryuuzan – exile

62 – 流涎 – ryuuzen – drooling

63 – 流謫 – ryuutaku / rutaku – exile

64 – 流涕 – ryuutei – crying

65 – 流眄 – ryuuben / nagashime – sidelong glance

66 – 流氓 – ryuubou – refugee

67 – 嚠喨 – ryuuryou – refugee

68 – 綾綺殿 – ryoukiden – pavilion housing the emperor’s bathing quarters and dressing chamber (in Heian Palace)

69 – 凌虐 – ryougyaku – humiliation, assault

70 – 鬣犬 – ryouken / tategami inu – hyena

71 – 燎原 – ryougen – agricultural burning

72 – 凌霄 – ryoushou – Chinese trumpet creeper

73 – 繚乱 – ryouran – profusely (flowers blooming)

74 – 喨喨 – ryouryou – clear and bright (sound)

75 – 寥寥 – ryouryou – desolate, sparse

76 – 緑礬 – ryokuban – Melanterite

77 – 膂力 – ryoryoku – physical strength

78 – 俚謡 – riyou – folk song

79 – 驪竜 – riryou – black dragon

80 – 輪奐 – rinkan – grand and splendid building

81 – 悋気 – rinki – jealousy

82 – 淋菌 – rinkin – gonorrhoeae

83 – 綸言 – ringen – imperial words

84 – 凛乎 – rinko – awe-inspiring

85 – 綸旨 – rinshi / rinji – the Emperor’s command

86 – 吝嗇 – rinshoku – stinginess

87 – 綾子 – rinzu – figured satin

88 – 綸子 – rinzu – figured satin

89 – 凛然 – rinzen – awe-inspiring, bitter (cold)

90 – 淋漓 – rinri – brimming with

91 – 凛烈 – rinretsu – bitter (cold)

92 – 誄詞 – ruishi – funeral eulogy

93 – 羸弱 – ruijyaku – weakness

94 – 縲紲 – ruisetsu – black rope used to bind criminals

95 – 縲絏 – ruisetsu – black rope used to bind criminals

96 – 羸痩 – ruisou – severe weight loss

97 – 誄文 – ruibun – funeral eulogy

98 – 瘰癧 – ruireki – a swelling of the lymph nodes in your neck caused by a bacterial infection

99 – 縷言 – rugen – detailed explanation

100 – 鏤骨 – rukotsu – painstaking efforts

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