The Scarlet Letter — Page 3

Vocabulary

ページ

pēji — Page, as in a page of a book.

税関

zeikan — Customs office at a border or port.

牢獄

rōgoku — Prison or dungeon; place of confinement.

扉

tobira — Door or gate; also a title page.

カット絵

katto-e — Illustration or decorative cut artwork.

野生

yasei — Wild; existing in nature without domestication.

薔薇

bara — Rose; a flowering thorny plant.

噂話

uwasabanashi — Gossip; talking about rumors concerning others.

する

suru — To do; general-purpose action verb.

人々

hitobito — People; multiple individuals in a group.

みじめ

mijime — Miserable; wretched; in a pitiful state.

高み

takami — Height; elevated place or lofty position.

立ち

tachi — Standing; stem form of the verb to stand.

彼女

kanojo — She; her; also means girlfriend informally.

連れ戻さ

tsuremodonsa — Brought back; stem of to bring someone back.

しわがれ

shiwagare — Hoarse; raspy voice quality from strain.

学者

gakusha — Scholar; learned person devoted to academic study.

目

me — Eye; also can mean gaze or viewpoint.

輝い

kagayai — Shining; glittering; stem form of to shine.

孤独

kodoku — Loneliness; solitude; state of being isolated.

なる

naru — To become; to come to be something.

住まい

sumai — Dwelling; residence; place where one lives.

足音

ashioto — Footsteps; sound of feet walking.

パール

pāru — Pearl; a lustrous gem from oysters.

幼い

osanai — Young; infantile; of very small age.

手

te — Hand; also means means or method.

触れ

fure — Touch; stem form of to touch something.

総督

sōtoku — Governor-general; highest colonial administrative authority.

胸当て

muneate — Breastplate; chest armor or protective covering.

そなた

sonata — You; archaic or formal second-person pronoun.

責任

sekinin — Responsibility; duty; accountability for one's actions.

持て

mote — Take responsibility; imperative of to hold.

我

ware — I; me; archaic or literary first-person pronoun.

子

ko — Child; also suffix for small things.

失う

ushinau — To lose something or someone; to be deprived.

まい

mai — Negative volitional ending; I shall not do.

ぞ

zo — Emphatic sentence-final particle; strong assertion.

牧師

bokushi — Pastor; Christian minister or priest.

医師

ishi — Medical doctor; licensed physician.

その

sono — That; referring to something previously mentioned.

患者

kanja — Patient; person receiving medical treatment.

教会

kyōkai — Church; Christian place of worship.

乙女

otome — Maiden; young woman; innocent girl.

たち

tachi — Plural suffix indicating a group of people.

彼ら

karera — They; them; a group of people.

奇妙

kimyō — Strange; peculiar; unusual in an odd way.

輝き

kagayaki — Radiance; brilliance; a shining glow.

真っただ中

mattan-naka — Right in the middle; the very center.

立っ

tatt- — Standing; continuous stem of to stand upright.

喪

mo — Mourning; grief; period of bereavement.

家

ie / ka — House; home; family household.

マンドレイク

Mandoreiku — Mandrake; a plant with folkloric mystical properties.

彼

kare — He; him; third-person masculine pronoun.

あちこち

achikochi — Here and there; various places around.

薬草

yakusō — Medicinal herb; plant used for healing purposes.

摘ん

tsun- — Picking; plucking; stem of to pick plants.

海辺

umibe — Seaside; area along the shore of sea.

それでも

soredemo — Even so; nevertheless; despite that fact.

許し

yurushi — Forgiveness; pardon; permission granted to someone.

くれる

kureru — To give to me; to do a favor.

一筋

hitosuji — One ray or streak; single line of something.

陽光

yōkō — Sunlight; rays of light from the sun.

小川

ogawa — Stream; small river or brook.

ほとり

hotori — Beside; near; along the bank of water.

子供

kodomo — Child; children; young person or offspring.

不吉

fukitsu — Ominous; foreboding; boding ill fortune.

意味

imi — Meaning; significance; what something conveys.

含む

fukumu — To contain; to include; to imply something.

微笑み

hohoemi — Smile; a gentle facial expression of warmth.

名士

meishi — Notable person; celebrity or prominent public figure.

我ら

warera — We; us; archaic or literary first-person plural.

また

mata — Again; also; in addition to something.

会う

au — To meet; to encounter someone in person.

こと

koto — Thing; fact; nominalizer for verb phrases.

でき

deki — Can do; stem of to be able to.

ぬ

nu — Classical negative ending; cannot or will not.

帰還

kikan — Return; coming back from a distant place.

緋文字

himonji — Scarlet letter; red embroidered letter of shame.

序文

jobun — Preface; introductory text before main content.

炉辺

rohen — Fireside; area beside a hearth or fireplace.

において

ni oite — At; in; formal expression of location or context.

あるいは

aruiwa — Or; alternatively; on the other hand.

個人的

kojinteki — Personal; individual; relating to a single person.

友人

yūjin — Friend; a person with close personal ties.

対し

taishi — Toward; against; in relation to someone.

自分

jibun — Oneself; myself; one's own self.

自身

jishin — Oneself; one's own person; emphatic self-reference.

や

ya — And; listing particle linking nouns together.

身辺

shinpen — One's surroundings; matters close to oneself.

あまり

amari — Too much; not very; excessively or overly.

多く

ōku — Many; much; a large amount of something.

語る

kataru — To speak; to narrate; to tell a story.

好ま

kono ma — Prefer; stem of to like or prefer something.

かかわら

kakawara — Regardless; notwithstanding; in spite of something.

ず

zu — Classical negative verb ending; without doing.

世間

seken — Society; the world; public opinion at large.

向け

muke — Aimed at; directed toward; intended for someone.

語りかける

katarikakeru — To speak to; to address someone directly.

際

sai — Occasion; time; when something takes place.

自伝的

jidenteki — Autobiographical; relating to one's own life story.

衝動

shōdō — Impulse; sudden urge to do something.

私

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

生涯

shōgai — Lifetime; one's entire life span.

二度

nido — Twice; two times; on two occasions.

捉え

torae — Captured; seized; stem of to catch or grasp.

いう

iu — To say; to be called; to state.

いささか

isasaka — Somewhat; a little; slightly noteworthy or remarkable.

注目

chūmoku — Attention; notice; drawing focus toward something.

す

su — Classical or literary form of to do.

べき

beki — Should; ought to; expressing moral obligation.

ある

aru — To exist; to be; there is something.