Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone — Page 8

Vocabulary

の

no — Possessive or attributive particle connecting nouns

癒し手

iyashite — Healer; one who heals or soothes others

よ

yo — Particle used for direct address or emphasis

聞き給え

kikitamae — Honorific imperative meaning 'please listen'

かつて

katsute — Once; formerly; at some point in the past

知らぬ

shiranu — Do not know; unaware of something

苦しみ

kurushimi — Suffering; pain; anguish; torment

を

wo — Object-marking particle indicating direct object

抱えて

kakaete — Holding; carrying; bearing a burden

いる

iru — To be; to exist; indicates ongoing state

か

ka — Question particle placed at sentence end

それとも

soretomo — Or; alternatively; used to present another option

巡り来る

meguri kuru — Coming around; cycling back; returning periodically

年月

toshitsuki — Years and months; passage of time

と

to — Particle meaning 'with' or 'and'; quotation marker

とも

tomo — Together with; along with; even as

に

ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or time

苦行

kugyou — Ascetic practice; penance; severe hardship

新た

arata — New; fresh; renewed; restored

する

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

黄金

ougon — Gold; golden; precious; highly valuable

希望

kibou — Hope; wish; aspiration for the future

御子

miko — Divine child; honorific term for a god's son

不滅

fumetsu — Immortality; indestructibility; undying nature

御声

okoe — Honorific term for someone's voice

ああ

aa — Ah; oh; exclamation of emotion or realization

我

ware — I; me; first-person pronoun formal or archaic

一

ichi — One; first; the number one

まず

mazu — First of all; to begin with; firstly

呼び求める

yobimotomeru — To call upon; to invoke; to appeal to someone

おお

oo — Oh; exclamation of awe, surprise, or invocation

より

yori — From; than; starting point particle

生まれ

umare — Birth; born from; origin

し

shi — Past attributive verb ending; having done

女神

megami — Goddess; female deity

して

shite — Connective form meaning 'and' or 'doing'

守護神

shugoshin — Guardian deity; patron god protecting a place

我らが

wareraga — Our; belonging to us; archaic first-person plural possessive

広場

hiroba — Plaza; public square; open gathering space

中心

chuushin — Center; core; central point of something

高く

takaku — Highly; loftily; at a great height

者

mono — Person; one who; individual with a quality

死

shi — Death; dying; mortal end

翼

tsubasa — Wing; wings; symbolic of flight or freedom

持つ

motsu — To hold; to have; to carry something

矢

ya — Arrow; projectile shot from a bow

主

nushi / shu — Lord; master; principal deity or ruler

御加護

okago — Divine protection; blessing and guardianship from a deity

願い求める

negaimotomeru — To earnestly wish for; to beseech; to implore

滅び

horobi — Ruin; destruction; downfall; annihilation

都

miyako — Capital city; great city; metropolitan center

こと

koto — Thing; fact; matter; nominalizing particle

いにしえ

inishie — Ancient times; long ago; the distant past

日々

hibi — Days; daily; each and every day

時

toki — Time; moment; occasion; when

我らの

warera no — Our; belonging to us; first-person plural possessive

地

chi / tochi — Land; earth; ground; territory

猛火

mouka — Raging fire; fierce flames; conflagration

疫病

ekibyou — Plague; epidemic disease; pestilence

ならば

naraba — If that is the case; then; conditional conjunction

今

ima — Now; at this moment; the present time

も

mo — Also; too; even; additive particle

傍ら

katawara — Beside; nearby; at one's side

在り

ari — To exist; to be present; archaic form of ある

て

te — Connective particle linking sequential actions

二

ni — Two; second; the number two

いかに

ikani — How; in what way; to what extent; archaic

数知れぬ

kazushirenu — Countless; innumerable; too many to count

が

ga — Subject marker particle; also means 'but'

我が身

wagami — My own body; oneself; my person

襲う

osou — To attack; to strike; to assail suddenly

民

tami — People; populace; citizens; folk

は

wa — Topic marker particle indicating the subject

ことごとく

kotogotoku — All; entirely; without exception; completely

衰えゆき

otoroeyuki — Fading away; gradually weakening; declining

我が

waga — My; our; first-person possessive adjective

魂

tamashii — Soul; spirit; inner essence of a person

武器

buki — Weapon; arms; instrument of combat

なく

naku — Without; lacking; not having something

横たわる

yokotawaru — To lie down; to stretch out; to recline

大地

daichi — The earth; ground; vast land; terra firma

その

sono — That; the; demonstrative adjective for nearby reference

恵み

megumi — Blessing; grace; bounty; gift from nature

実り

minori — Harvest; fruit; fruitfulness; result of growth

与えず

ataaezu — Not giving; refusing to provide; withholding

女たち

onnatachi — Women; group of females; the women

空しき

munashiki — Vain; futile; empty; fruitless; archaic form

産み

umi — Giving birth; bearing a child; childbirth

泣き叫び

nakisakebi — Crying and screaming; wailing loudly in distress

命

inochi — Life; one's existence; living being

次々

tsugitsugi — One after another; in succession; continuously

打ち倒され

uchitaosare — Struck down; toppled; felled by force

ゆき

yuki — Going; proceeding; archaic continuative form

風

kaze — Wind; breeze; air current

鳥

tori — Bird; avian creature

飛翔

hishou — Flying; soaring; swift flight through the air

速く

hayaku — Quickly; swiftly; at great speed

火

hi — Fire; flame; burning light

神

kami — God; deity; divine spirit

力

chikara — Power; strength; force; ability

夜

yoru — Night; nighttime; the dark hours

西

nishi — West; the western direction

岸辺

kishibe — Shore; riverbank; waterside; coastal edge

へ

e — Directional particle meaning 'toward' or 'to'

向かいゆく

mukaiyuku — Heading toward; moving in a direction; advancing

かくして

kakushite — Thus; in this way; and so; therefore

次ぐ

tsugu — To follow; to succeed; to come next

によって

ni yotte — By means of; due to; caused by

滅ぼされ

horobosare — Being destroyed; ruined; annihilated by something

滅びゆく

horobiyuku — Perishing gradually; heading toward destruction

屍

shikabane — Corpse; dead body; cadaver; fallen person

周囲

shuui — Surroundings; circumference; area around something

広め

hirome — Spreading; widening; propagating throughout an area

看取り

mitori — Watching over the dying; deathbed attendance

悼む

itamu — To mourn; to grieve; to lament a death

見当たらぬ

miataranu — Cannot be found; nowhere to be seen; absent

祭壇

saidan — Altar; sacred table used for religious offerings

石段

ishidan — Stone steps; stone staircase leading to a shrine

にて

nite — At; by means of; archaic locative particle

ながら

nagara — While doing; although; simultaneous action particle

妻たち

tsumitachi — Wives; group of married women

や

ya — And; or; listing particle connecting nouns

空気

kuuki — Air; atmosphere; the surrounding environment

引き裂く

hikisaku — To tear apart; to rend; to split violently

長く

nagaku — Long; at length; for a long time

引き伸ばされた

hikinobas areta — Drawn out; stretched; prolonged beyond normal length

呻き声

umekigoe — Groan; moan; sound of pain or suffering

鋭い

surudoi — Sharp; piercing; keen; acute in sensation

叫び

sakebi — Scream; shout; cry; loud vocal expression

祈り

inori — Prayer; supplication; earnest wish to a deity

入り混じる

irimajiru — To intermingle; to mix together; to blend chaotically

御使い

otsukai / midzukai — Divine messenger; envoy sent by a god

御顔

okao — Honorific for face; the countenance of a deity

三

san — Three; third; the number three

そして

soshite — And then; moreover; connecting sequential events

熱き

atsuki — Hot; burning; fervent; archaic adjective form

息吹

ibuki — Breath; life breath; divine or vital exhalation

感じる

kanjiru — To feel; to sense; to perceive something

盾

tate — Shield; defensive armor held in battle

鋼鉄

koutetsu — Steel; hard iron; tough metallic material

持たぬ

motanu — Not holding; without; lacking; archaic negative form

声

koe — Voice; sound produced by vocal cords

戦い

tatakai — Battle; fight; combat; armed conflict

雄叫び

otakebi — War cry; battle shout; fierce yell in combat

ごとく

gotoku — Like; as if; in the manner of; archaic simile

忍び歩く

shinobiaruku — To creep; to stalk; to move stealthily about

彼

kare — He; him; that person; third-person male pronoun

突然

totsuzen — Suddenly; abruptly; without warning

敗走

haisou — Rout; fleeing in defeat; retreat in disorder

転じ

tenji — Turning; changing direction; shifting course

港

minato — Harbor; port; place where ships dock

なき

naki — Without; lacking; nonexistent; archaic negative adjective

海

umi — Sea; ocean; large body of saltwater

急ぎ去り

isogisari — Hurrying away; departing swiftly; leaving in haste

あるいは

aruiwa — Or; perhaps; alternatively; on the other hand

床

toko / yuka — Floor; bed; surface; also poetic for sea floor