Heart of Darkness — Page 3

Vocabulary

そして

soshite — Conjunction meaning 'and then' or 'and also'.

ついに

tsui ni — Finally; at last; after a long time.

緩やか

yuruyaka — Gentle, gradual, or slow in movement.

で

de — Particle indicating means, location of action, or cause.

気づか

kiduka — Stem of 'to notice' or 'to be aware of'.

ぬ

nu — Classical negative auxiliary, equivalent to 'not'.

ほど

hodo — To the extent that; about; approximately.

の

no — Possessive or nominalizing particle in Japanese.

弧

ko — An arc or curved line segment.

を

wo — Object marker particle indicating direct object.

描き

egaki — Drawing or tracing; stem of 'to draw'.

ながら

nagara — While doing; simultaneously performing two actions.

沈み

shizumi — Sinking; setting; going down gradually.

ゆく

yuku — To go; literary form expressing ongoing movement.

中

naka — Inside; middle; among; within something.

太陽

taiyō — The sun; the star at center of solar system.

は

wa — Topic marker particle highlighting the subject.

低く

hikuku — Low; in a low position or manner.

落ち

ochi — Falling; dropping; descending downward.

輝く

kagayaku — To shine, gleam, or radiate brilliantly.

白色

hakushoku — The color white; white-colored light or object.

から

kara — From; because; starting point or reason.

光

hikari — Light; radiance; beam of illumination.

も

mo — Also; too; even; inclusive particle.

熱

netsu — Heat; fever; thermal energy.

持た

mota — Stem of 'to hold' or 'to possess'.

ない

nai — Negative form; not existing; does not have.

鈍い

nibui — Dull; dim; blunt; lacking sharpness or brightness.

赤色

akashoku — The color red; reddish hue or shade.

へ

he — Directional particle indicating movement toward something.

と

to — Particle meaning 'and', 'with', or quotation marker.

変わり

kawari — Changing; shifting; transitioning to another state.

まるで

marude — Just like; as if; exactly resembling something.

人々

hitobito — People; various individuals; humankind collectively.

群れ

mure — A crowd, flock, or group of beings.

上

ue — Above; on top of; upper position.

に

ni — Particle indicating location, direction, or time.

垂れ

tare — Hanging down; drooping; dangling from above.

込める

komeru — To put into; to fill with; to include.

暗闇

kurayami — Darkness; complete absence of light.

触れ

fure — Touching; making contact with something.

て

te — Conjunctive particle connecting sequential actions.

死

shi — Death; dying; end of life.

与え

atae — Giving; granting; bestowing upon someone.

られ

rare — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix.

突然

totsuzen — Suddenly; abruptly; without warning.

消え去ろう

kiesarō — About to vanish entirely; intending to disappear.

し

shi — Conjunctive form; and; moreover; listing reasons.

いる

iru — To exist; to be; progressive state marker.

か

ka — Question marker particle; or; expressing uncertainty.

よう

yō — Appearing as if; seeming like; resembling.

た

ta — Past tense auxiliary indicating completed action.

すぐさま

sugusama — Immediately; right away; without any delay.

水面

suimen — Surface of the water; water's surface level.

変化

henka — Change; transformation; alteration in state or form.

が

ga — Subject marker particle; but; however.

訪れ

otozure — Arrival; visit; advent of a new state.

静け

shizuke — Stem of stillness or quietness quality.

さ

sa — Suffix nominalizing adjectives into abstract nouns.

その

sono — That; those; the aforementioned thing or person.

輝き

kagayaki — Brightness; brilliance; radiant gleam or luster.

失う

ushinau — To lose; to be deprived of something.

代わり

kawari — Instead; in place of; substitution or replacement.

より

yori — More than; from; comparative or source particle.

深み

fukami — Depth; profundity; deepness of water or meaning.

増し

mashi — Increasing; growing more; stem of 'to increase'.

川岸

kawagishi — Riverbank; the edge or shore of a river.

暮らす

kurasu — To live; to spend one's days; to reside.

長い

nagai — Long; lengthy in time or physical dimension.

年月

toshitsuki — Years and months; a long passage of time.

わたって

watatte — Spanning; covering; extending across a period.

尽くし

tsukushi — Exhausting; giving one's all; doing everything possible.

き

ki — Classical auxiliary indicating past or completed action.

老い

oi — Old age; aging; growing old over time.

川

kawa — River; a flowing body of fresh water.

広い

hiroi — Wide; broad; spacious; having great extent.

流れ

nagare — Flow; current; stream of water or events.

日暮れ

higure — Dusk; twilight; the time of sunset.

時

toki — Time; moment; occasion; a particular point in time.

波風

namikaze — Waves and wind; turbulence; conflict or trouble.

立て

tate — Raising; setting up; causing to occur.

ず

zu — Classical negative form; without doing; not doing.

地

chi — Earth; land; ground; territory.

果て

hate — End; extremity; furthest reach of something.

続く

tsuzuku — To continue; to go on; to extend further.

水路

suiro — Waterway; canal; channel for water to flow.

静か

shizuka — Quiet; calm; peaceful; without noise or disturbance.

な

na — Adjectival copula connecting na-adjectives to nouns.

威厳

igen — Dignity; majesty; imposing and authoritative presence.

たたえ

tatae — Filled with; brimming with; possessing a quality.

ゆったり

yuttari — Leisurely; unhurriedly; in a relaxed manner.

たたずん

tatazun — Standing still; lingering quietly in a place.

私

watashi — I; me; the first-person singular pronoun.

たち

tachi — Plural suffix for people or animate beings.

由緒

yuisho — History; lineage; distinguished origin or pedigree.

ある

aru — To exist; to be; to have (inanimate).

来て

kite — Coming; having come; arrived at a place.

永遠

eien — Eternity; forever; everlasting without end.

去り

sari — Leaving; departing; going away from a place.

短い

mijikai — Short; brief; not long in duration or length.

一日

ichinichi — One day; a single day's span of time.

鮮やか

azayaka — Vivid; brilliant; strikingly clear and bright.

なく

naku — Without; lacking; not having; negative conjunctive.

残る

nokoru — To remain; to be left behind; to persist.

記憶

kioku — Memory; recollection; something remembered from the past.

荘厳

sōgon — Solemn; majestic; awe-inspiring in grandeur.

見つめ

mitsume — Gazing at; staring fixedly; looking intently.

実際

jissai — In reality; actually; in practice; in fact.

いわゆる

iwayuru — So-called; what is commonly known as.

敬意

keii — Respect; deference; reverence toward someone.

愛情

aijō — Affection; love; warm emotional feeling for someone.

もって

motte — With; by means of; using; bearing a quality.

海

umi — Sea; ocean; large body of salt water.

従って

shitagatte — Therefore; accordingly; following from that reason.

人間

ningen — Human being; mankind; a person as a species.

とって

totte — For; from the perspective of; as far as.

下流

karyū — Downstream; lower reaches of a river.

域

iki — Region; zone; area; domain of a place.

おいて

oite — At; in; regarding; within a certain context.

過去

kako — The past; former times; previous history.

偉大

idai — Great; grand; magnificent; of remarkable importance.

精神

seishin — Spirit; mind; mental essence or attitude.

呼び

yobi — Calling; summoning; evoking something or someone.

起こす

okosu — To wake; to cause; to evoke or bring about.

こと

koto — Thing; matter; fact; nominalizer for verbs.

容易

yōi — Easy; simple; not difficult to accomplish.

潮流

chōryū — Tidal current; prevailing trend or flow.

絶える

taeru — To cease; to become extinct; to stop occurring.

行き来

ikiki — Coming and going; traveling back and forth.

役目

yakume — Role; duty; function one is assigned to perform.

果たし

hatashi — Fulfilling; carrying out; accomplishing a duty.

故郷

kokyō — Hometown; birthplace; one's home region.

安らぎ

yasuragi — Peace; comfort; a feeling of tranquil ease.

あるいは

aruiwa — Or; alternatively; on the other hand.

戦い

tatakai — Battle; fight; struggle; armed or intense conflict.

運ん

hakon — Carrying; transporting; conveying to a destination.

船

fune — Ship; boat; vessel for water travel.

身

mi — Body; oneself; one's person or being.

あふれる

afureru — To overflow; to brim over; to be full of.

宿し

yadoshi — Harboring; holding within; lodging inside oneself.

それ

sore — That; it; referring to something previously mentioned.

卿

kyō — Lord; sir; honorific title for a nobleman.

至る

itaru — To reach; to arrive at; extending up to.

まで

made — Until; up to; as far as a limit.

国民

kokumin — Citizens; nationals; the people of a country.

誇り

hokori — Pride; honor; a feeling of proud achievement.

する

suru — To do; to make; general-purpose action verb.

すべて

subete — All; everything; every single one without exception.

知り

shiri — Knowing; being acquainted with; stem of 'to know'.

彼ら

karera — They; them; third-person plural pronoun.

仕え

tsukae — Serving; being in service to someone or something.

爵位

shakui — Peerage; noble rank or title of nobility.

有無

uumu — Presence or absence; whether something exists or not.

問わ

towa — Regardless of; without asking; irrespective of.

皆

mina — Everyone; all; every person present.

騎士

kishi — Knight; a mounted warrior of noble rank.

あり

ari — Being; existing; classical form of 'to be'.

遍歴

henreki — Wandering; traveling widely; a journey of varied experience.