Pride and Prejudice — Page 7

Vocabulary

世紀

seiki — Century; a period of one hundred years.

初頭

shotō — Beginning or early part of a period.

の

no — Possessive or attributive particle linking nouns.

男性

dansei — Male; a man or men in general.

なら

nara — Conditional particle meaning 'if' or 'in the case of'.

もちろん

mochiron — Of course; naturally; without doubt.

女性

josei — Female; a woman or women in general.

より

yori — Than; more than; comparative particle.

も

mo — Also; too; even; inclusive particle.

この

kono — This; referring to something near the speaker.

趣味

shumi — Hobby; interest; personal taste or pastime.

を

wo — Object marker particle indicating the direct object.

さらに

sara ni — Furthermore; even more; to a greater degree.

押し進める

oshi susumeru — To push forward; to advance or promote actively.

こと

koto — Thing; fact; act; nominalizer for verb phrases.

が

ga — Subject marker particle; also indicates contrast.

でき

deki — To be able to; can; stem form of できる.

た

ta — Past tense auxiliary; indicates completed action.

そして

soshite — And then; and; furthermore connecting sentences.

嬢

jō — Miss; young lady; unmarried woman.

原則

gensoku — Principle; rule; fundamental standard or guideline.

また

mata — Also; again; moreover; in addition.

彼女

kanojo — She; her; girlfriend.

心

kokoro — Heart; mind; spirit; inner feelings.

に

ni — Particle indicating location, direction, time, or target.

登場

tōjō — Appearance; entry on stage; appearing in a work.

する

suru — To do; general-purpose action verb.

不運

fuun — Misfortune; bad luck; unlucky circumstance.

な

na — Adjectival particle linking na-adjectives to nouns.

夫

otto — Husband; one's own married male partner.

手紙

tegami — Letter; written correspondence sent to someone.

妻

tsuma — Wife; one's own married female partner.

と

to — And; with; quotation particle connecting nouns.

友人

yūjin — Friend; a close companion or associate.

いかに

ika ni — How; in what way; to what extent.

彼

kare — He; him; that man.

目隠し

mekakushi — Blindfold; covering the eyes to block sight.

鬼ごっこ

onigokko — Tag; a children's chasing game.

誘い込む

sasoikomu — To lure into; to entice or draw someone in.

か

ka — Question particle; or; whether.

世

yo — World; society; era; age or generation.

無邪気

mujaki — Innocent; naive; childlike and guileless.

喜々たる

kiki taru — Joyful; delighted; gleefully cheerful in manner.

筆致

hitchaku / fudezuki — Writing style; manner or touch of writing.

で

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

描い

egai — Drew; depicted; stem form of 描く (egaku).

よう

yō — Seems like; way of; volitional or suppositional form.

もの

mono — Thing; person; object; nominalizing expression.

から

kara — From; because; after; particle of origin or reason.

は

wa — Topic marker particle highlighting the subject.

きっと

kitto — Surely; certainly; without a doubt.

身

mi — Body; oneself; one's own person or position.

縮め

chijime — To shrink; to shorten; contracting the body.

違い

chigai — Difference; discrepancy; certainly (in set phrases).

ない

nai — Not; negative auxiliary adjective.

しかし

shikashi — However; but; a conjunction showing contrast.

別

betsu — Separate; different; another; distinct.

氏

shi — Mr.; honorific suffix for a person's name.

結婚

kekkon — Marriage; the act of getting married.

し

shi — And; connecting verb in conjunctive form.

たい

tai — Want to; desire to do something.

望む

nozomu — To wish for; to hope or desire something.

歳

sai — Age; years old; counter for age.

娘

musume — Daughter; young woman; girl.

自ら

mizukara — Oneself; personally; by one's own volition.

選ん

erande — Chose; selected; conjunctive form of 選ぶ.

だ

da — Copula; plain form of 'is' or 'are'.

指導者

shidōsha — Leader; guide; instructor or person who leads.

あなた

anata — You; second-person pronoun (polite).

ひどく

hidoku — Terribly; extremely; very much; severely.

称賛

shōsan — Praise; admiration; commendation for something.

て

te — Te-form connective particle linking verb phrases.

い

i — Being; existing; stem of いる (iru).

ます

masu — Polite verb ending indicating present or future.

請け合う

ukeou — To guarantee; to assure; to vouch for something.

曾祖母

hōsobo / sōsobo — Great-grandmother; the grandmother of one's parent.

時代

jidai — Era; age; period of time; epoch.

もう少し

mō sukoshi — A little more; slightly more than currently.

上品

jōhin — Elegant; refined; graceful and well-mannered.

聡明

sōmei — Intelligent; wise; clever and perceptive.

書い

kaite / kaita — Wrote; write; conjunctive or past of 書く.

あっ

a — Ah; oh; exclamation of realization or surprise.

おかしく

okashiku — Funnily; strangely; adverb form of おかしい.

なかっ

nakatta — Was not; negative past auxiliary (truncated).

かも

kamo — Might; perhaps; expressing uncertainty or possibility.

しれ

shire — Know; potential form used in かもしれない (might be).

一方

ippō — On the other hand; meanwhile; one side.

自身

jishin — Oneself; personally; used for emphasis of self.

たとえば

tatoeba — For example; for instance; to illustrate.

夫人

fujin — Madam; Mrs.; title for a married woman.

息子

musuko — Son; one's own male child.

に対する

ni taisuru — Toward; regarding; in relation to something.

自己欺瞞

jiko giman — Self-deception; fooling oneself about reality.

的

teki — Suffix meaning '-like', '-ish', or 'pertaining to'.

後悔

kōkai — Regret; remorse; feeling sorry for past actions.

へ

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

風刺

fūshi — Satire; irony used to criticize or mock.

冷笑主義

reishō shugi — Cynicism; a distrustful and mocking worldview.

見出す

midasu — To find; to discover; to identify something.

人々

hitobito — People; persons; various individuals.

いる

iru — To exist; to be (for animate beings).

私

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

不合理

fugōri — Irrational; unreasonable; illogical or absurd.

思わ

omowa — Think; passive/negative stem of 思う (omou).

れる

reru — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix.

冷笑

reishō — Sneer; cold laugh; scornful or cynical mockery.

いう

iu — To say; to call; to be called.

言葉

kotoba — Word; language; expression; speech.

英語

eigo — English language.

中

naka — Inside; among; in the middle of.

最も

mottomo — Most; to the greatest degree; superlative adverb.

誤用

goyō — Misuse; incorrect use of a word or expression.

さ

sa — Suffix nominalizing adjectives; also filler particle.

れ

re — Passive auxiliary; part of される (sareru).

語

go — Word; language; vocabulary item.

一つ

hitotsu — One; one thing; a single item.

あり

ari — Is; exists; conjunctive form of ある (aru).

とりわけ

toriwake — Especially; particularly; above all else.

その

sono — That; referring to something near the listener.

本来

honrai — Originally; inherently; by nature or essence.

意味

imi — Meaning; significance; sense of a word.

露骨

rokotsu — Blunt; explicit; blatant and undisguised.

かつ

katsu — And; moreover; at the same time; furthermore.

不当

futō — Unjust; improper; unreasonable or unfair.

歪曲

waikyoku — Distortion; misrepresentation; twisting the truth.

荒々しく

araarashiku — Roughly; violently; in a fierce or wild manner.

噛みつく

kamitsuku — To bite; to snap at; to attack verbally.

罵倒

batō — Abuse; harsh verbal attack; vehement denunciation.

なく

naku — Without; not; connective negative form of ない.

穏やか

odayaka — Calm; gentle; mild and peaceful in manner.

遠回し

tōmawashi — Roundabout; indirect; hinting without saying directly.

に対して

ni taishite — Toward; in contrast to; with respect to.

用い

mochiite — Use; employ; te-form of 用いる (mochiiru).

られる

rareru — Passive potential auxiliary; can be used or done.

場合

baai — Case; situation; circumstance; occasion.

なおさら

naosara — All the more; even more so; increasingly so.

そう

sō — So; like that; in that way; I see.

ある

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